Proverbs 1:29
And that because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lorde,
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
In Context
30They woulde none of my counsayle, but dispised all my correction.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:12Alas, why hated I nurture? why did my heart dispise correction?
Isaiah 27:11When the braunches of it are drye, they are broken of, & the women come and set them on fire: for it is a people of no vnderstanding, and therfore he that made them shall not fauour them, and he that created them shall geue them no grace.
Luke 10:42Ueryly one is needefull. Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
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 →