New King James Version
Proverbs 1:29
29Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the Lord,
Proverbs 1:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
- New International Version (NIV)since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
- New Living Translation (NLT)For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the Lord.
Context of Proverbs 1:29
27When your terror comes like a storm, And your destruction comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you. 28“Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me. Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the Lord, 30They would have none of my counsel And despised my every rebuke. 31Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled to the full with their own fancies.
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תַּ֭חַת כִּי־שָׂ֣נְאוּ דָ֑עַת וְיִרְאַ֥ת יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה לֹ֣א בָחָֽרוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 1:29
- Proverbs 1:22“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge.
- Proverbs 5:12And say: “How I have hated instruction, And my heart despised correction!
- Proverbs 6:23For the commandment is a lamp, And the law a light; Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
- Job 21:14Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us, For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
- Psalms 50:16But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to declare My statutes, Or take My covenant in your mouth,
- Isaiah 27:11When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off; The women come and set them on fire. For it is a people of no understanding; Therefore He who made them will not have mercy on them, And He who formed them will show them no favor.
- Isaiah 30:9That this is a rebellious people, Lying children, Children who will not hear the law of the Lord;
- John 3:20For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
- Acts 7:51“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.
- Luke 10:42But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.”
- Hebrews 11:25choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin,
Commentaries on Proverbs 1:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29They hated knowledge - This argues the deepest degree of intellectual and moral depravity.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29-31Verses 29-31 This is no arbitrary sentence. The fault was all along their own. The fruit of their own ways is death.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-33Verses 20-33 Solomon, having showed how dangerous it is to hearken to the temptations of Satan, here declares how dangerous it is not to hearken to the calls of God. Christ himself is Wisdom, is Wisdoms. Three sorts of persons are here called by Him: 1. Simple ones. Sinners are fond of their simple notions of good and evil, their simple prejudices against the ways of God, and flatter themselves in their wickedness. 2. Scorners. Proud, jovial people, that…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-30they hated knowledge: Proverbs uses strong language. You either love and accept Wisdom or hate and reject her.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-3320-33. Some interpreters regard this address as the language of the Son of God under the name of Wisdom (compare Lu 11:49). Others think that wisdom, as the divine attribute specially employed in acts of counsel and admonition, is here personified, and represents God. In either case the address is a most solemn and divine admonition, whose matter and spirit are eminently evangelical and impressive (see on Pr 8:1). Wisdom--literally, "Wisdoms," the plural…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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