Proverbs 1:31

31 They will eat the fruit of their lifestyle. They will be stuffed with their own schemes.

Proverbs 1:31 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 1:31

Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way
Their evil ways; be punished according to their deserts, and receive the just reward of their iniquities; see ( Isaiah 3:10 Isaiah 3:11 ) ; and be filled with their own devices;
or "counsels" F7: their device and counsel was to put Christ to death; to deliver him to the Roman governor, that he might be crucified, as he was: and they afterwards had their bellyful of crucifixion, as the word F8 used signifies; such vast numbers of them were crucified by the Romans before the walls of the city, five hundred a day, and sometimes more; insomuch that room was needed for crosses, and crosses for bodies F9.


FOOTNOTES:

F7 (Mhytuewmm) "de consiliis suis", Pagninus, Montanus; "ex consiliis suis", Junius & Tremellius
F8 (webvy) "saturabuntar", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator
F9 Josephus de Bello Jud. l. 5. c. 11. s. 1.

Proverbs 1:31 In-Context

29 because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD.
30 They refused my advice. They despised my every warning.
31 They will eat the fruit of their lifestyle. They will be stuffed with their own schemes.
32 "Gullible people kill themselves because of their turning away. Fools destroy themselves because of their indifference.
33 But whoever listens to me will live without worry and will be free from the dread of disaster."
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