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Proverbs 1:29

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

KJV

eo quod exosam habuerint disciplinam, et timorem Domini non susceperint,

Vulgate

ἐμίσησαν γὰρ σοφίαν, τὸν δὲ λόγον τοῦ κυρίου οὐ προείλαντο,

LXX

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

ASV

תַּ֭חַת כִּי שָׂ֣נְאוּ דָ֑עַת וְ/יִרְאַ֥ת יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה לֹ֣א בָחָֽרוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בָּחַ֣ר
bchr
verb · 168×
דָֽעַת
d't
verb · 93×
ו
v
noun · 505×
י
y
verb · 148×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִרְאַ֣ת
yr't
noun · 42×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 13:5 — Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
  • Acts 7:51 — Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
  • Deut 30:19 — I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
  • Heb 11:25 — Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
  • Isa 27:11 — When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, a
  • Isa 28:9 — Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
  • Jer 9:6 — Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
  • Job 21:14 — Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
  • Job 21:14 — Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
  • Job 33:14 — For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
  • Job 34:27 — Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
  • John 1:5 — And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
  • John 3:20 — For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
  • John 3:20 — For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
  • John 8:32 — And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
  • Luke 8:12 — Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
  • Luke 10:42 — But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
  • Prov 1:7 — The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
  • Prov 1:22 — How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 1:22 — How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 5:12 — And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
  • Prov 6:23 — For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
  • Prov 10:21 — The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
  • Ps 50:16 — But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
  • Ps 82:5 — They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
  • Ps 119:30 — I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
  • Rom 1:28 — And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
  • Rom 3:11 — There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.