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Proverbs 1:24–25

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¶ Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
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From verse 24

  1. Isaiah 65:12Rank 1 from verse 24
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    12Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.

  2. Romans 10:21Rank 2 from verse 24
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    21But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.

  3. Jeremiah 7:13Rank 3 from verse 24
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    13And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the Lord, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;

  4. Isaiah 66:4Rank 4 from verse 24
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    4I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.

  5. Hebrews 12:25–26Rank 5 from verse 24
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    25See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

    26Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

From verse 25

  1. Luke 7:30Rank 1 from verse 25
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    30But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

  2. Psalms 81:11Rank 2 from verse 25
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    11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

  3. Proverbs 1:30Rank 3 from verse 25
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    30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

  4. Proverbs 12:1Rank 4 from verse 25
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    1WHOSO loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

  5. Psalms 107:11Rank 5 from verse 25
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    11Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

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Proverbs 1:24

COMBINED MEANING

called

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

refused

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Rejected, declined, denied, withheld, turned away from, would not accept, receive, choose, obey, permit, or yield.

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COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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regarded

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1. Noticed, considered, or heeded. 2. Esteemed, cared for, or treated with attention.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Proverbs 1:25

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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set

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1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

nought

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Nothing, no thing, no value, no effect, no result, or no payment or cost; to come or be brought to nought is to fail, perish, or be made ineffective, and to set one at nought is to despise, reject, or treat as worthless.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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counsel

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1. A purpose, plan, design, or settled decision. 2. Advice, guidance, or direction. 3. Wisdom, judgment, or understanding for determining a course. 4. As a verb, to advise, direct, or recommend a course.

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1:23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

1:24¶ Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

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1:25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

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1:26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

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