Proverbs 1:29
Because they have hated knowledge, And have not chosen the fear of the LORD,—
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
In Context
30Because they would not attend to my counsel, And have despised all my reproof,—
Cross References
Job 21:14And yet they say unto God, “Depart from us! We desire not the knowledge of thy ways!
Psalms 50:17Thou, who hatest instruction And castest my words behind thee!
Proverbs 5:12And say, “How have I hated instruction! And how hath my heart despised reproof!
Isaiah 27:11When her boughs are withered, they are broken off; Women come, and burn them; For it was a people of no understanding; Therefore he that made him had not mercy on him, And he that formed him showed him no favor.
Luke 10:42But one thing is needful. For Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Acts 7:51Stiffnecked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears! ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do ye.
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 →