Proverbs 1:29
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.”
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Read Proverbs 1:29 in the flow of Proverbs1 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs1 to see the surrounding context.
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BSBPD
“For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah,”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 1:29 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 25:16While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”
- Job 21:14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
- Psalms 50:16To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
- Psalms 50:17For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
- Proverbs 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 5:12and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
- Proverbs 6:23For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
- Isaiah 27:11When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
- Isaiah 30:9These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.
- Luke 10:42But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”
- John 3:20Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
- Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
- Hebrews 11:25He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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