Proverbs 1:29
because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of LORD.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
In Context
30They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
Cross References
Job 21:14And they say to God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of thy ways.
Psalms 50:17since thou hate instruction, and cast my words behind thee?
Proverbs 5:12and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.
Isaiah 27:11When the boughs of it are withered, they shall be broken off. The women shall come, and set them on fire, for it is a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made them will not have compassion upon them, and he who formed them
Luke 10:42but one thing is necessary, and Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.
Acts 7:51Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers, ye also.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:21-33
Wisdom's Exhortations; Doom of Obdurate Sinners. 20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: 21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. 24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have… Read the whole commentary →