Proverbs 1:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
Prov 6:23 : 23 For the commandment is a lamp; And the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Isa 27:11 : 11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.
Isa 30:9-9 : 9 For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of Jehovah; 10 that say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits, 11 get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. 12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely thereon;
Luke 10:42 : 42 but one thing is needful: for Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
John 3:20 : 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
Acts 7:51-54 : 51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye. 52 Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers; 53 ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and {G5442} kept it not. 54 Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
Heb 11:25 : 25 choosing rather to share ill treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
Prov 5:12 : 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;
Job 21:14-15 : 14 And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Ps 50:16-17 : 16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth, 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 1:30-31
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30They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof.
31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.
Prov 1:28
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28Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:
Prov 1:7
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7The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; [But] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
Job 34:27
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27Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:
Job 21:14
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14And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Prov 8:13
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13The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.
Prov 1:22-25
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22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
23Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.
24Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;
25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:
Prov 5:12-13
2 verses
74%
12And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;
13Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
Isa 66:4
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4I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delighted not.
Ps 50:17
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17Seeing thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee?
Jer 9:13
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13And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,
Rom 3:17-18
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17And the way of peace have they not known:
18There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Isa 1:29
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29For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
Prov 2:5
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5Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God.
Jer 4:22
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22For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Deut 32:28
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28For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.
Prov 9:10
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10The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Prov 12:1
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1Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Zeph 1:6
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6and them that are turned back from following Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired after him.
Hos 4:6
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6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
Ps 36:1
71%
1For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David the servant of Jehovah. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes.
Jer 8:9
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9The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of Jehovah; and what manner of wisdom is in them?
Rom 1:28
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28And even as they {G1381} {G3756} refused to have God in [their] knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
Ps 107:11
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11Because they rebelled against the words of God, And contemned the counsel of the Most High:
Jer 5:4
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4Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:
Rom 1:21-22
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21because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.
22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Deut 32:19
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19And Jehovah saw [it], and abhorred [them], Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
Prov 19:3
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3The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.
Jer 32:33
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33And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
Zeph 3:7
70%
7I said, Only fear thou me; receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her: but they rose early and corrupted all their doings.
Prov 8:10
70%
10Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold.
Job 37:24
70%
24Men do therefore fear him: He regardeth not any that are wise of heart.
Ps 14:4
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4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, And call not upon Jehovah?
Job 36:12
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12But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.
Hos 10:3
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3Surely now shall they say, We have no king; for we fear not Jehovah; and the king, what can he do for us?
Ps 28:5
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5Because they regard not the works of Jehovah, Nor the operation of his hands, He will break them down and not build them up.
Job 17:4
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4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].
Amos 5:10
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10They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
Isa 29:13
70%
13And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh [unto me], and with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught [them];
Prov 15:32
70%
32He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.
Job 24:13
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13These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.
Job 28:28
70%
28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.
Prov 28:5
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5Evil men understand not justice; But they that seek Jehovah understand all things.