John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 1:25
Pro 1:25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: Ver. 25. But ye have set at naught. ] As those recusant a guests in the Gospel that pretended they therefore came not, because they had bought farms and oxen; but indeed it was because their farms and oxen had bought them. They had either so much to do, or so little to do, that they could not make use of so fair an offer, so sweet advice and advantage. And would none of my reproof. ] Ruinam praecedunt... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 1:24
Pro 1:24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; Ver. 24. Because I have called, and ye refused. ] If any ask, why did God suffer them to refuse, and not make them yield? I answer with Augustine, Doctiorem quaerat, qui hanc quaestionem ei explicet: Let him look one that can tell him, for I cannot. read more