Proverbs 1:29
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
In Context
30They rejected my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Cross References
Job 21:14Therefore they say to God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Psalms 50:17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
Proverbs 5:12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Isaiah 27:11When its boughs are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.
Luke 10:42But one thing is needful; and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall 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 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 →