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Proverbs 1:25–26

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25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
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Proverbs 1:25Cross-references · 7 ranked passages

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    30But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

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    11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

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    30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

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    1WHOSO loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

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    11Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

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    16But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

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    12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

Proverbs 1:26Cross-references · 6 ranked passages

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    24The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

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    4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

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    13The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

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    24For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

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    15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

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    14Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.

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Proverbs 1:25

COMBINED MEANING

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.

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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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Proverbs 1:26

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laugh

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Sense 1: To express mirth, joy, or gladness by laughter. Sense 2: To laugh at in mockery, scorn, or derision.

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

COMBINED MEANING

your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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calamity

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A grievous event or condition of ruin, disaster, affliction, misery, or destructive trouble.

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mock

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Sense 1: To ridicule or treat with scorn. Sense 2: An imitation or false appearance.

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

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fear

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1. Alarm, dread, terror, or apprehension. 2. Reverence, awe, or respectful regard. 3. A person, thing, or event feared or revered. 4. To fear, dread, or reverence.

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

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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1:27When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

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