Proverbs 1:23 “If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out…”

Proverbs 1:23

If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

World English Bible

Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.

American Standard Version

Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.

Geneva Bible 1599

(Turne you at my correction: loe, I will powre out my mind vnto you, and make you vnderstand my wordes)

Darby Translation

Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words.

Young's Literal Translation

Turn back at my reproof, lo, I pour forth to you my spirit, I make known my words with you.

Bible in Basic English

Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.

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Cross references

“Turn”

Ezekiel 33:11 Acts 3:19 Ezekiel 18:27–30 Isaiah 55:1–3 Acts 26:20 Jeremiah 3:14

Ezekiel 33:11 · BSB

Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you…

Acts 3:19 · BSB

Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

Ezekiel 18:27–30 · BSB

But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.

Isaiah 55:1–3 · BSB

“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!

Acts 26:20 · BSB

First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.

Jeremiah 3:14 · BSB

“Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.

“my reproof”

Proverbs 12:1 Proverbs 10:17 Proverbs 29:1 Psalm 145:1 Proverbs 1:30 Proverbs 1:25

Proverbs 12:1 · BSB

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.

Proverbs 10:17 · BSB

Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.

Proverbs 29:1 · BSB

A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.

Psalm 145:1 · BSB

I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever.

Proverbs 1:30 · BSB

They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.

Proverbs 1:25 · BSB

because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,

“behold”

Acts 2:36–38 Joel 2:28 Isaiah 32:15 Zechariah 12:10 Luke 11:13 Isaiah 45:8

Acts 2:36–38 · BSB

Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!”

Joel 2:28 · BSB

And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

Isaiah 32:15 · BSB

until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.

Zechariah 12:10 · BSB

Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and gr…

Luke 11:13 · BSB

So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

Isaiah 45:8 · BSB

Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

24Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,

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