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Proverbs 1:29
29Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of Adonai,
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 King James Version (NKJV)Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the Lord,
Context of Proverbs 1:29
27when your terror comes like a storm and your calamity sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when trouble and distress overwhelm you! 28Then they will cry out to me, but I will not answer! They will earnestly seek me, but will not find me. Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of Adonai, 30they would not accept my counsel, they spurned all my reproof, 31so they will eat the fruit of their own way and be filled with their own schemes.
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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 will you naïve ones love simplicity, you scoffers delight in scoffing, and you fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 5:12and you will say, “How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned reproof!
- Proverbs 6:23For the mitzvah is a lamp, Torah a light, and corrective discipline the way of life,
- Job 21:14Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone! We have no desire to know Your ways.
- Psalms 50:16But to the wicked, God says: “What are you doing, reciting My laws and taking My covenant in your mouth?
- Isaiah 27:11When the boughs are withered, they will be broken off. Women come and set them on fire, for it is a people of no understanding. Therefore their Maker will show them no mercy—He who formed them will give them no grace.
- Isaiah 30:9For this is a rebellious people, lying children, children unwilling to obey the Torah of Adonai.
- John 3:20For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.
- Acts 7:51“O you stiff-necked people! You uncircumcised of heart and ears! You always resist the Ruach ha-Kodesh; just as your fathers did, you do as well.
- Luke 10:42but only one thing is necessary. For Miriam has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”
- Hebrews 11:25Instead he chose to suffer mistreatment along with the people of God, rather 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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