Proverbs 1:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁹ Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of the LORD:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord, [Prov. 8:13.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah,

Common English Bible

²⁹ because they hated knowledge and didn’t choose the fear of the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ For they held hatred for discipline, and they would not accept the fear of the Lord;

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ Because they have hated instruction and received not the fear of the Lord,

Proverbs 1:29 Cross References

2 Chronicles 25:16

But as he was speaking, the king said to him, “Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be put to death?” So the prophet stopped but said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this and have not listened to my advice.”

Proverbs 1:22

“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 5:12

and you say, “Oh, how I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

Proverbs 6:23

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

Isaiah 27:11

When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without understanding; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor.

Luke 10:42

but few things are needed—indeed only one. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.”

John 3:20

For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed.

Hebrews 11:25

choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.