Proverbs 1:25 - Exposition

Ye have set at nought; rather, rejected (Umbreit, Ewald, et alii ) . The Authorized Version rendering here is equivocal, inasmuch as it is capable of meaning "despised," whereas פְרַע ( para ) signifies "to let loose," "to let go" (cf. the German fahren lassen ) , and hence "to overlook, or reject." Its force is fairly represented in the LXX ; ἀκύρους ἐποιεῖτε ἐμὰς βουλὰς , "Ye rendered my counsel of no effect." Counsel ( עֵצָה , etsah ); i.e. advice, in the sense of recommendations for doing good, as opposed to reproofs for the avoidance of evil (see Proverbs 1:23 and Proverbs 1:30 ). Would none. The same verb, אַבַה ( avah ) , occurs in Proverbs 1:10 and Proverbs 1:30 , hence used with the negative לא ( lo ) in the sense of ἀπειθεῖν ( LXX .), "to refuse compliance with," as in AE schylus, 'Agam.,' 1049.