Proverbs 1:27 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.”

Proverbs 1:27

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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 upon you.

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

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; {equity: Heb. equities}"

Proverbs 1:4

"To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. {discretion: or, advisement}"

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. {the interpretation: or, an eloquent speech}"

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