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Proverbs 1:23

Proverbs 1:23

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

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 the face and ears to hear it; and so the Targum,"turn your face to my reproof,''and not your backs, as they did, showing a dislike of it; or, as Aben Ezra,"turn ye to hear my reproof;''turn your ears and listen to it, and do not pull away the shoulder, or stop your ears that you may not hear it;behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you; not "upon you", but "unto you": for the Holy Spirit of God is not here designed, and the effusion of his gifts, ordinary and extraordinary, or of his special grace; but the mind of Wisdom, or Christ, as the word is used in Pr 29:11.

Some interpret it, "here, my will" ; the external revelation of his will made in the ministry of the word, by whom "grace and truth", the doctrines of grace and truth, "came" in their full extent, ; for as the doctrines of "grace [were] poured into [his] lips", , so they were poured out by them again, out of his heart, as out of a fountain or well, as the word here used signifies; which denotes the large and abundant revelation of the Gospel by Christ, and is mentioned as an encouragement to men to attend unto it; which sense is confirmed by what follows;I will make known my words unto you; the doctrines of the Gospel, words of grace and wisdom, and such as never man spake as Christ did, his enemies being witnesses; the words of peace and reconciliation, of life and righteousness, and of eternal salvation, which were made known in a ministerial way by Christ and his apostles; but the Jews were such fools as to hate and despise the knowledge of these things; wherefore it follows: So some in Ben Melech.

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