Proverbs 1:29
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For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
In other translations
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Proverbs 6:23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
- Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
- Job 21:14-1514 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?14 Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways. 15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
- Isaiah 27:11When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
- Hebrews 11:25Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
- John 3:20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
- Psalm 50:16-1716 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.16 To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips? 17 For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
- Luke 10:42But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”
- Acts 7:51-5451 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: 53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. 54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.51 You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. 52 Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— 53 you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.” 54 On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
- Proverbs 5:12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
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