The Meaning of Proverbs 1:31 Explained

Proverbs 1:31

KJV: Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

YLT: And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.

Darby: therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.

ASV: Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Therefore shall they eat  of the fruit  of their own way,  and be filled  with their own devices. 

What does Proverbs 1:31 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 1:20-33 - The Call Of Wisdom
The word Wisdom and the description of her standing atthe head of the noisy streets-see Proverbs 1:21, r.v., margin-remind us of our Lord, who, as the Word of God, stood and cried, John 7:37. It is a remarkable picture of the world as it is today. The streets filled with traffickers, with the bawling of wares, with the crowds of idle sightseers, and amid it all the ringing appeal of Christ to the heart of man! But the scorners deride and mock, while fools hate the speaker and threaten his life. Yet there is no crowded thoroughfare in the world from which the Spirit of God is absent. See Matthew 22:1-10.
The two results that divide the hearers are set forth in words that are always receiving verification. The day of calamity, when banks suspend payment, and the boldest speculators lose heart, breaks suddenly on the worldling. He has no hiding-place, no second line of defense, no spiritual treasure; and is like a drowning sailor in a tempestuous sea. But "Wisdom is justified of all her children," for they dwell safely. See Proverbs 1:33 and Luke 7:35. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 1

1  The use of the proverbs
7  An exhortation to fear God, and believe his word
10  to avoid the enticing of sinners
20  Wisdom complains of her contempt
24  She threatens her contemners

What do the individual words in Proverbs 1:31 mean?

Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way and with their own fancies be filled to the full
וְֽ֭יֹאכְלוּ מִפְּרִ֣י דַרְכָּ֑ם וּֽמִמֹּעֲצֹ֖תֵיהֶ֣ם יִשְׂבָּֽעוּ

וְֽ֭יֹאכְלוּ  Therefore  they  shall  eat 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
מִפְּרִ֣י  the  fruit 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: פְּרִי  
Sense: fruit.
דַרְכָּ֑ם  of  their  own  way 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
וּֽמִמֹּעֲצֹ֖תֵיהֶ֣ם  and  with  their  own  fancies 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מֹועֵצָה  
Sense: counsel, plan, principal, device.
יִשְׂבָּֽעוּ  be  filled  to  the  full 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׂבַע  
Sense: to be satisfied, be sated, be fulfilled, be surfeited.