Proverbs 1:29

In 11 translations

BSB

For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.

KJV

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

WEB

because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of Yahweh.

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

Because they hated knowledge, and did not chuse the feare of the Lord.

JPS

For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD;

LXXE

For they hated wisdom, and did not choose the word of the Lord:

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WLC

תַּ֭חַת כִּי־שָׂ֣נְאוּ דָ֑עַת וְיִרְאַ֥ת יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה לֹ֣א בָחָֽרוּ׃

LXX-Br

Ἐμίσησαν γὰρ σοφίαν, τὸν δὲ λόγον τοῦ Κυρίου οὐ προείλαντο,

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• Proverbs 6:23For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
• 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?
• Job 21:14–15Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways. Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
• 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.
• Hebrews 11:25He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
• Psalms 50:16–17To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips? For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
• 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 7:51–54You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the…
• Proverbs 5:12and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
• Luke 10:42But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”
• Isaiah 30:9–12These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction. They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us…

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