Bible in Basic English
"You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words:"
— Proverbs 1:25, Bible in Basic English
“But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:”
“But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof: ”
“but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;”
“and you neglected all my advice, and did not comply with my rebuke,”
How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?
Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.
Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;
You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words:
So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear;
When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.
Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me: