Proverbs 1:29
Because they have hated instruction and received not the fear of the Lord,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
In Context
30Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof.
Cross References
Job 21:14Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Psalms 50:17Seeing thou hast hated discipline: and hast cast my words behind thee.
Proverbs 5:12Why have I hated instruction, and my heart consented not to reproof,
Isaiah 27:11Its harvest shall be destroyed with drought, women shall come and teach it: for it is not a wise people, therefore he that made it, shall not have mercy on it: and he that formed it, shall not spare it.
Luke 10:42But one thing is necessary. Mary hath chosen the best part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Acts 7:51You stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do you 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 →