1:25

Notice the parallel parts that are similar in meaning:

25a because you neglected all my counsel,

25b and wanted none of my correction,

In some languages, it may be more natural to combine and/or reorder the parallel parts of this verse. See 1:25a–b (combined/reordered) in the Display.

1:25a

you neglected all my counsel: The Hebrew noun ʿeṣah, which most English versions translate as “advice” or counsel, refers here to the recommendations that Wisdom made to her audience. They repeatedly ignored this advice.

In some languages, it may be more natural to translate counsel as a verb. For example:

you repeatedly ignored me when I counseled you

1:25b

wanted none of my correction: Another way to translate this line is:

did not listen when I corrected you (New Century Version)

For the word correction, see the note on “rebuke” in 1:23a.

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