Proverbs 29:1
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Proverbs 29:1 in other translations
| BSB | A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery. |
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| WEB | He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy. |
| ASV | He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. |
| YLT | A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing. |
| DARBY | He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and without remedy. |
| BBE | A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again. |
| Webster | He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. |
What does Proverbs 29:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
We must not despise correction. The prudent king. The flatterer. The just judge. Contend not with a fool. The prince who opens his ears to reports. The poor and the deceitful. The pious king. The insolent servant. The humiliation of the proud. Of the partner of a thief. The fear of man. The Lord the righteous Judge. Verse 1 Hardeneth his neck - Becomes stubborn and obstinate.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Proverbs 29:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 29:1
- Proverbs 6:15
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
- Proverbs 1:24-31
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; 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. …
- Proverbs 28:18
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
- 1 Samuel 2:25
If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them.
- Zechariah 7:11-14
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts. Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts: But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
- John 13:26
Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
- John 13:18
I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
- John 6:70-71
Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.
- Jeremiah 35:13-16
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the Lord. The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father’s commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me. I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me. Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:
- Nehemiah 9:29
And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
- Acts 1:25
That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
- 2 Chronicles 36:15-17
And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy. Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
15 and of private.
22 Of anger, pride, thievery, cowardice, and corruption.
He, that being often reproved. Heb. a man of reproofs.
1:24-31; 1Sa 2:25,34; 1Ki 17:1; 18:18; 20:42; 21:20-23
1Ki 22:20-23,28,34-37; 2Ch 25:16; 33:10; 36:15-17; Jer 25:3-5
Jer 26:3-5; 35:13-16; Zec 1:3-6; Mt 26:21-25; Joh 6:70,71
Joh 13:10,11,18,26; Ac 1:18,25
hardeneth.
2Ch 36:13; Ne 9:29; Isa 48:4; Jer 17:23
shall.
6:15; 28:18; Isa 30:13,14; Zec 7:11-14; 1Th 5:3
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Context
- Proverbs 29:1
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
- Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Proverbs 29:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | EL hombre que reprendido endurece la cerviz, de repente será quebrantado; ni habrá para él medicina. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | L’homme qui, étant souvent repris, roidit son cou, sera brisé subitement, et il n’y a pas de remède. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ein Mann, der, oft zurechtgewiesen, den Nacken verhärtet, wird plötzlich zerschmettert werden ohne Heilung. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Viro qui corripientem dura cervice contemnit, repentinus ei superveniet interitus, et eum sanitas non sequetur. |