If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.
Solomon, having shown how dangerous it is to hearken to the temptations of Satan, here shows how dangerous it is not to hearken to the calls of God, which we shall for ever rue the neglect of. Observe, I. By whom God calls to us - by wisdom. It is wisdom that crieth without.
Commenting on Proverbs 1:20-33
Turn ye at my reproof,.... Or rather "to my reproof", for the words are not an exhortation to the conversion of the heart, or to him repentance; but to an attendance to the external ministry of the word preached, which reproves of sin, righteousness, and judgment; and does not design the turning of the heart to it, which is God's work, but the turning of...
reproof--implying conviction deserving it (compare Joh 16:8, Margin). pour out--abundantly impart. my spirit--whether of wisdom personified, or of Christ, a divine agent.