Bible Strands
Proverbs 1:31
So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses those who rejected counsel and despised reproof in the preceding context. This declaration follows a warning about ignoring wisdom's call.
The words — וְיֹאכְלוּ (yo.khe.lu) and יִשְׂבְּעוּ (yis.ba.u) denote eating and being surfeited. These verbs frame the consequence of consuming the fruit of their own way and the devices of their own schemes.
The thread — The pattern of reaping what one sows appears in Proverbs 14:14, Jeremiah 6:19, and Job 4:8. Each passage links human rebellion or backsliding to self-inflicted ruin.
Why it lands — The text states that ignoring divine instruction results in people being overwhelmed by the consequences of their own choices. Readers must recognize that rejecting correction guarantees self-directed destruction.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 14:14 The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
- Jeremiah 6:19 Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.
- Job 4:8 As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
- Proverbs 22:8 He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
- Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
- Isaiah 3:10 Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
- Jeremiah 2:19 Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.