Proverbs 1:23

Wisdom invites repentance, promising to pour out her spirit and make her words known. It matters because the call to turn is matched with a gracious offer of help.

Cross-references · 23

• Acts 3:19Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
• Ezek 33:11Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
• Ezek 18:27–30Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
• Acts 2:36–38Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
• Joel 2:28And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
• Isa 55:6–7Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
• Isa 32:15Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
• Prov 12:1Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
• Luke 11:13If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
• Rev 3:16–19So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
• Zech 12:10And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
• Isa 55:1–3Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
• Acts 26:20But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
• John 7:36–37What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?
• Prov 10:17He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
• Isa 45:8Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
• Ps 145:1I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
• Prov 29:1He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
• Jer 3:14Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
• Hos 14:1O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
• Prov 1:30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
• Prov 6:23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
• Prov 1:25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

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