Read the Bible
KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE

Proverbs 1:27–31

TEXT EDITION
Pure Cambridge Edition selected
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Share
Email linkOpen a new message in your email app
Read chapterReport issue
More

PASSAGE SELECTION

Build from either side

5 selected · 28 available

Add or remove verses within this chapter. The study tools update with the selected passage.

SCRIPTURE WITH SCRIPTURE

Cross References

All 53 ranked passages are available for comparison.

From verse 27

  1. Proverbs 3:25–26Rank 1 from verse 27
    Open

    25Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

    26For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

  2. 1 Thessalonians 5:3Rank 2 from verse 27
    Open

    3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

  3. Isaiah 17:13Rank 3 from verse 27
    Open

    13The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

  4. Luke 21:23–26Rank 4 from verse 27
    Open

    23But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

    24And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

    25¶ And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

    26Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

  5. Luke 21:34–35Rank 5 from verse 27
    Open

    34¶ And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

    35For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

  6. Nahum 1:3Rank 6 from verse 27
    Open

    3The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

  7. Proverbs 10:24–25Rank 7 from verse 27
    Open

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

    25As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

  8. Psalms 58:9Rank 8 from verse 27
    Open

    9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

  9. Psalms 69:22–28Rank 9 from verse 27
    Open

    22Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

    23Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

    24Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

    25Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

    26For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

    27Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

    28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

  10. Romans 2:9Rank 10 from verse 27
    Open

    9Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

  11. Revelation 6:15–17Rank 11 from verse 27
    Open

    15And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

    16And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

    17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

From verse 28

  1. Micah 3:4Rank 1 from verse 28
    Open

    4Then shall they cry unto the Lord, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.

  2. Isaiah 1:15Rank 2 from verse 28
    Open

    15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

  3. James 4:3Rank 3 from verse 28
    Open

    3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

  4. Jeremiah 11:11Rank 4 from verse 28
    Open

    11¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.

  5. Zechariah 7:13Rank 5 from verse 28
    Open

    13Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts:

  6. Matthew 25:10–12Rank 6 from verse 28
    Open

    10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

    11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

    12But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

  7. Job 27:9Rank 7 from verse 28
    Open

    9Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?

  8. 1 Samuel 8:18Rank 8 from verse 28
    Open

    18And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.

  9. Jeremiah 14:12Rank 9 from verse 28
    Open

    12When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

  10. Psalms 18:41Rank 10 from verse 28
    Open

    41They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.

  11. Ezekiel 8:18Rank 11 from verse 28
    Open

    18Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

  12. Job 35:12Rank 12 from verse 28
    Open

    12There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

  13. Proverbs 8:17Rank 13 from verse 28
    Open

    17I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

  14. Genesis 6:3Rank 14 from verse 28
    Open

    3And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

  15. Hosea 5:15–4Rank 15 from verse 28
    Open

    Verse text is unavailable.

  16. Matthew 7:22–23Rank 16 from verse 28
    Open

    22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

    23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

  17. Luke 13:25–28Rank 17 from verse 28
    Open

    25When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:

    26Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.

    27But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

    28There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

  18. Psalms 78:34–36Rank 18 from verse 28
    Open

    34When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.

    35And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

    36Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

From verse 29

  1. Proverbs 6:23Rank 1 from verse 29
    Open

    23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

  2. Job 21:14–15Rank 2 from verse 29
    Open

    14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

    15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

  3. Proverbs 1:22Rank 3 from verse 29
    Open

    22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

  4. Hebrews 11:25Rank 4 from verse 29
    Open

    25Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

  5. Isaiah 27:11Rank 5 from verse 29
    Open

    11When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

  6. Acts 7:51–54Rank 6 from verse 29
    Open

    51¶ Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

    52Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

    53Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

    54¶ When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

  7. John 3:20Rank 7 from verse 29
    Open

    20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

  8. Luke 10:42Rank 8 from verse 29
    Open

    42But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

  9. Proverbs 5:12Rank 9 from verse 29
    Open

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

  10. Psalms 50:16–17Rank 10 from verse 29
    Open

    16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

    17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

  11. Isaiah 30:9–12Rank 11 from verse 29
    Open

    9That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord:

    10Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

    11Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

    12Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:

From verse 30

  1. Proverbs 1:25Rank 1 from verse 30
    Open

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

  2. Psalms 81:11Rank 2 from verse 30
    Open

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

  3. Jeremiah 8:9Rank 3 from verse 30
    Open

    9The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?

  4. Luke 14:18–20Rank 4 from verse 30
    Open

    18And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.

    19And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.

    20And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

  5. Psalms 119:173Rank 5 from verse 30
    Open

    173Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

  6. Psalms 119:111Rank 6 from verse 30
    Open

    111Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

From verse 31

  1. Proverbs 14:14Rank 1 from verse 31
    Open

    14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

  2. Jeremiah 6:19Rank 2 from verse 31
    Open

    19Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

  3. Job 4:8Rank 3 from verse 31
    Open

    8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

  4. Proverbs 22:8Rank 4 from verse 31
    Open

    8He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

  5. Galatians 6:7–8Rank 5 from verse 31
    Open

    7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

    8For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

  6. Isaiah 3:10–11Rank 6 from verse 31
    Open

    10Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

    11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

  7. Jeremiah 2:19Rank 7 from verse 31
    Open

    19Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

Definitions

Open a word for its full definition and concordance.

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 1:27

COMBINED MEANING

your

↗

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

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fear

↗

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

desolation

↗

Devastation or ruin; the state or result of being laid waste, emptied, or left without inhabitants.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

destruction

↗

The act, result, or state of destroying: ruin, overthrow, death, wasting, or that which brings ruin.

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

COMBINED MEANING

distress

↗

Sense 1: Severe trouble, anguish, or affliction. Sense 2: As a verb, to afflict, oppress, or make miserable.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

anguish

↗

Extreme distress, pain, grief, or oppressive trouble of body, mind, spirit, or heart.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

upon

↗

1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

you

↗

The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 1:28

COMBINED MEANING

shall

↗

An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

call

↗

1. To name. 2. To summon or invite. 3. To proclaim or address. 4. To request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

upon

↗

1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

↗

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

answer

↗

Sense 1: A reply or response. Sense 2: As a verb, to reply, respond, or give account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

find

↗

To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 1:29

COMBINED MEANING

for

↗

1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hated

↗

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of hate, meaning to feel strong dislike, aversion, or enmity toward; in comparisons, to love less.

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

COMBINED MEANING

fear

↗

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 1:30

COMBINED MEANING

counsel

↗

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 1:31

COMBINED MEANING

shall

↗

An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

eat

↗

To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fruit

↗

Sense 1: The produce borne by plants or the land. Sense 2: Offspring or increase. Sense 3: A result, product, consequence, character, or work proceeding from something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

filled

↗

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of fill. Sense 1: To make full or occupy capacity. Sense 2: To satisfy. Sense 3: To occupy. Sense 4: To complete what is lacking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

FOLLOW THE THEME

Related Concepts

Choose a connected KJV word or phrase to find where it appears in scripture.

READ THE PASSAGE

View in context

Nearby verses · passage boundary unavailable · Proverbs 1:26–32

The selected passage is highlighted. Context is a study aid.

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

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

Selected passage

1:28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

Selected passage

1:29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:

Selected passage

1:30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

Selected passage

1:31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

Selected passage

1:32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

LOCAL PASTOR DIRECTORY

Ask a Pastor Near You

Enter a U.S. ZIP code to find nearby pastors committed to holding fast the faithful word.

Your ZIP is processed in this browser from local data. It is not sent to a ZIP lookup service or to a church. ZIP coordinates from GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.