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Proverbs 1:29

What does Proverbs 1:29 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 1:29 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah,

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Because they have hated instruction, and received not the fear of the Lord,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;

Context

v.28Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:

v.29This passage

v.30They would none of my counsel, They despised all my reproof.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 1:22

    How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?

  • Psalms 50:16

    But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth,

  • Isaiah 30:9

    For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of Jehovah;

  • Isaiah 27:11

    When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.

  • Acts 7:51

    Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.

  • Job 21:14

    And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

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