Proverbs 1:29

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:

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  • Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?
  • Prov 6:23 : 23 For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.
  • Isa 27:11 : 11 When its branches are dry they will be broken off; the women will come and put fire to them: for it is a foolish people; for this cause he who made them will have no mercy on them, and he whose work they are will not have pity on them.
  • Isa 30:9-9 : 9 For they are an uncontrolled people, false-hearted, who will not give ear to the teaching of the Lord: 10 Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure: 11 Get out of the good way, turning from the right road; do not keep the Holy One of Israel before our minds. 12 For this cause the Holy One of Israel says, Because you will not give ear to this word, and are looking for help in ways of deceit and evil, and are putting your hope in them:
  • Luke 10:42 : 42 Little is needed, or even one thing only: for Mary has taken that good part, which will not be taken away from her.
  • John 3:20 : 20 The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.
  • Acts 7:51-54 : 51 You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. 52 Which of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave them the news of the coming of the Upright One; whom you have now given up and put to death; 53 You, to whom the law was given as it was ordered by angels, and who have not kept it. 54 Hearing these things, they were cut to the heart and moved with wrath against him.
  • Heb 11:25 : 25 Feeling that it was better to undergo pain with the people of God, than for a short time to have a taste of the pleasures of sin;
  • Prov 5:12 : 12 And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;
  • Job 21:14-15 : 14 Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways. 15 What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?
  • Ps 50:16-17 : 16 But to the sinner, God says, What are you doing, talking of my laws, or taking the words of my agreement in your mouth? 17 Seeing that you have no desire for my teaching, turning your back on my words.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 1:30-31
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    86%

    30 They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.

    31 So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.

  • Prov 1:28
    82%

    28 Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:

  • Prov 1:7
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    7 The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

  • Job 34:27
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    27 Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways,

  • Job 21:14
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    14 Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.

  • Prov 8:13
    76%

    13 The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

  • Prov 1:22-25
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    22 How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?

    23 Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.

    24 Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;

    25 You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words:

  • Prov 5:12-13
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    74%

    12 And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;

    13 I did not give attention to the voice of my teachers, my ear was not turned to those who were guiding me!

  • Isa 66:4
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    4 So I will go after trouble for them, and will send on them what they are fearing: because no one made answer to my voice, or gave ear to my word; but they did what was evil in my eyes, going after that in which I took no pleasure.

  • Ps 50:17
    73%

    17 Seeing that you have no desire for my teaching, turning your back on my words.

  • Jer 9:13
    73%

    13 And the Lord said, Because they have given up my law which I put before them, giving no attention to my voice and not being guided by it;

  • Rom 3:17-18
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    73%

    17 And of the way of peace they have no knowledge:

    18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.

  • Isa 1:29
    72%

    29 For you will be put to shame because of the trees of your desire, and because of the gardens of your pleasure.

  • Prov 2:5
    72%

    5 Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

  • Jer 4:22
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    22 For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.

  • Deut 32:28
    72%

    28 For they are a nation without wisdom; there is no sense in them.

  • Prov 9:10
    72%

    10 The fear of the Lord is the start of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One gives a wise mind

  • Prov 12:1
    71%

    1 A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.

  • Zeph 1:6
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    6 And those who are turned back from going after the Lord, and those who have not made prayer to the Lord or got directions from him.

  • Hos 4:6
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    6 Destruction has overtaken my people because they have no knowledge; because you have given up knowledge, I will give you up, so that you will be no priest to me, because you have not kept in mind the law of your God, I will not keep your children in my memory.

  • Ps 36:1
    71%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord. Of David.> The sin of the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no fear of the Lord before his eyes.

  • Jer 8:9
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    9 The wise men are shamed, they are overcome with fear and taken: see, they have given up the word of the Lord; and what use is their wisdom to them?

  • Rom 1:28
    70%

    28 And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;

  • Ps 107:11
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    11 Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:

  • Jer 5:4
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    4 Then I said, But these are the poor: they are foolish, for they have no knowledge of the way of the Lord or of the behaviour desired by their God.

  • Rom 1:21-22
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    70%

    21 Because, having the knowledge of God, they did not give glory to God as God, and did not give praise, but their minds were full of foolish things, and their hearts, being without sense, were made dark.

    22 Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,

  • Deut 32:19
    70%

    19 And the Lord saw with disgust the evil-doing of his sons and daughters.

  • Prov 19:3
    70%

    3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Jer 32:33
    70%

    33 And they have been turning their backs and not their faces to me: and though I was their teacher, getting up early and teaching them, their ears were not open to teaching.

  • Zeph 3:7
    70%

    7 I said, Certainly you will go in fear of me, and come under my training, so that whatever I may send on her may not be cut off before her eyes: but they got up early and made all their works evil.

  • Prov 8:10
    70%

    10 Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.

  • Job 37:24
    70%

    24 For this cause men go in fear of him; he has no respect for any who are wise in heart.

  • Ps 14:4
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    4 Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.

  • Job 36:12
    70%

    12 But if not, they come to their end, and give up their breath without knowledge.

  • Hos 10:3
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    3 Now, truly, they will say, We have no king, we have no fear of the Lord; and the king, what is he able to do for us?

  • Ps 28:5
    70%

    5 Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord, or for the things which his hands have made, they will be broken down and not lifted up by him.

  • Job 17:4
    70%

    4 You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour.

  • Amos 5:10
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    10 They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them.

  • Isa 29:13
    70%

    13 And the Lord said, because this people come near to me with their mouths, and give honour to me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is false, a rule given them by the teaching of men;

  • Prov 15:32
    70%

    32 He who will not be controlled by training has no respect for his soul, but he who gives ear to teaching will get wisdom.

  • Job 24:13
    70%

    13 Then there are those who are haters of the light, who have no knowledge of its ways, and do not go in them.

  • Job 28:28
    70%

    28 And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.

  • Prov 28:5
    70%

    5 Evil men have no knowledge of what is right; but those who go after the Lord have knowledge of all things.