Proverbs 1:31

31 So you will eat the fruit of the way you have lived. You will choke on the fruit of what you have planned.

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.

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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 You hated knowledge. You didn't choose to have respect for the Lord.

30 You wouldn't accept my advice. You turned your backs on my warnings.

31 So you will eat the fruit of the way you have lived. You will choke on the fruit of what you have planned.

32 "Childish people go down the wrong path. They will die. Foolish people are satisfied with the way they live. They will be destroyed.

33 But those who listen to me will live in safety. They will not worry. They won't be afraid of getting hurt."