Proverbs 1:29
For they held hatred for discipline, and they would not accept the fear of the Lord;
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
In Context
28then they will call to me, and I will not heed, they will arise in the morning, and not find me.
30they would not consent to my counsel, but they detracted from all of my corrections.
Cross References
Job 21:14Who has said to God, “Depart from us, for we do not want the knowledge of your ways.
Psalms 50:17O Lord, you will open my lips, and my mouth will announce your praise.
Proverbs 5:12“Why have I detested discipline, and why has my heart not been quieted by correction?
Isaiah 27:11Its harvest will be crushed by dryness. Women will arrive and teach it, for it is not a wise people. Because of this, he who made it will not take pity on it, and he who formed it will not spare it.
Luke 10:42And yet only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the best portion, and it shall not be taken away from her.”
Acts 7:51Stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you ever resist the Holy Spirit. Just as your fathers did, so also do you do.
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 →