Proverbs 1:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Prov 1:25 : 25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:
Ps 81:11 : 11 But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me.
Jer 8:9 : 9 The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of Jehovah; and what manner of wisdom is in them?
Luke 14:18-20 : 18 And they all with one [consent] began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a field, and I must needs go out and see it; I pray thee have me excused. 19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee have me excused. 20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore {G5124} I cannot {G3756} come.
Ps 119:173 : 173 Let thy hand be ready to help me; For I have chosen thy precepts.
Ps 119:111 : 111 Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 1:23-25
3 verses
88%
23Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.
24Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;
25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:
Prov 1:28-29
2 verses
86%
28Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:
29For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:
Prov 1:31
80%
31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.
Job 34:27
78%
27Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:
Prov 5:12-13
2 verses
78%
12And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;
13Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
Ps 81:11-12
2 verses
76%
11But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me.
12So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.
Ps 107:11
75%
11Because they rebelled against the words of God, And contemned the counsel of the Most High:
Deut 32:28
74%
28For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.
Prov 15:12
74%
12A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.
Ps 50:17
73%
17Seeing thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee?
Prov 15:32
73%
32He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.
Prov 15:5
73%
5A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.
Prov 29:1
73%
1He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Jer 32:33
72%
33And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
Jer 17:23
72%
23But they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.
Prov 1:15
72%
15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:
Isa 30:1
72%
1Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, that take counsel, but not of me; and that make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,
Amos 5:10
72%
10They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
2 Kgs 17:14
72%
14Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who believed not in Jehovah their God.
Prov 13:18
71%
18Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.
Prov 15:10
71%
10There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; [And] he that hateth reproof shall die.
Job 21:14
71%
14And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Prov 8:33
71%
33Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not.
Zech 7:11
71%
11But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
Jer 9:13
71%
13And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,
Prov 3:11
71%
11My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof:
Jer 23:22
71%
22But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
Jer 6:30
71%
30Refuse silver shall men call them, because Jehovah hath rejected them.
Jer 4:22
71%
22For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Jer 7:26-27
2 verses
71%
26yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.
27And thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
Jer 44:5
71%
5But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
Job 30:10
70%
10They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, And spare not to spit in my face.
Neh 9:29
70%
29and testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law. Yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances, (which if a man do, he shall live in them), and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
Jer 11:8
70%
8Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the stubbornness of their evil heart: therefore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did them not.
Jer 7:24
70%
24But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in [their own] counsels [and] in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
Prov 12:1
70%
1Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Hos 7:14
70%
14And they have not cried unto me with their heart, but they howl upon their beds: they assemble themselves for grain and new wine; they rebel against me.
Jer 29:19
70%
19because they have not hearkened to my words, saith Jehovah, wherewith I sent unto them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith Jehovah.
Ps 78:10
70%
10They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;
Neh 9:16
70%
16But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
Neh 9:26
70%
26Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and slew thy prophets that testified against them to turn them again unto thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Job 30:13
70%
13They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, [Even] men that have no helper.
Jer 8:9
70%
9The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of Jehovah; and what manner of wisdom is in them?
Jer 5:4
70%
4Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God: