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30 They refused to accept my advice
    and spurned all my warnings.
31 “Now they must eat the fruits of their conduct
    and be glutted with the results of their schemes.[a]
32 For the stubbornness of the simple kills them;
    fools come to final ruin by their own complacency.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:31 Sinners reap the consequences of their actions (see Wis 11:16), and those who do find wisdom find life and blessing (see Prov 1:32; 3:13; 8:17, 35; 14:14). “A person will reap only what he sows” (Gal 6:7).

30 Since they would not accept my advice
    and spurned my rebuke,(A)
31 they will eat the fruit of their ways
    and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.(B)
32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,
    and the complacency of fools will destroy them;(C)

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