Proverbs 1:31 · KJV
“Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.”
— Proverbs 1:31
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. {turning...: or, ease of the simple}
Proverbs 1 — Context
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. {turning...: or, ease of the simple}
33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:14
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man {shall be satisfied} from himself.
Jeremiah 6:19
Hear, 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.
Proverbs 22:8
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. {the rod...: or, with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed}
Job 4:8
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Galatians 6:7-8
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Isaiah 3:10-11
Say ye to the righteous, that {it shall be} well {with him}: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Jeremiah 2:19
Thine 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.