Proverbs 1:25

because ¹  you neglected ²  all my advice, and did not comply ³  with my rebuke,

since you ignored all my advice and would not accept my rebuke,

And you neglected all my counsel And did not want my reproof;

You ignored my advice and rejected the correction I offered.

"Since you laugh at my counsel and make a joke of my advice,

You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words:

and because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof,

Because you disdained all my counsel, And would have none of my rebuke,

because ¹  you neglected ²  all my advice, and did not comply ³  with my rebuke,

¹ tn Heb “and.”

² tn The verb III פָּרַע means “to let go; to let alone” (BDB 828 s.v.). It can refer to unkempt hair of the head (Lev 10:6) or lack of moral restraint: “to let things run free” (Exod 32:25; Prov 28:19). Here it means “to avoid, neglect” the offer of wisdom (BDB 829 s.v. 2).

³ tn The verbs are characteristic perfects or indefinite pasts. For the word “comply, consent,” see 1:20.