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Proverbs 1:27 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh "
Proverbs 1:27
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
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Proverbs 1:1
"The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;"
Proverbs 1:2
"To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;"
Proverbs 1:3
"To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;"
Proverbs 1:4
"To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion."
Proverbs 1:5
"A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:"
Proverbs 1:6
"To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings."
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