Proverbs 1:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Prov 1:22 : 22 "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, 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 its boughs 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 who made them will not have mercy on them, and He who formed them will show them no favor.
  • Isa 30:9-9 : 9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the law of the LORD: 10 Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits: 11 Get out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. 12 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on them:
  • Luke 10:42 : 42 But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.
  • John 3:20 : 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
  • Acts 7:51-54 : 51 You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. 52 Which of the prophets have your fathers not persecuted? And they have killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now become the betrayers and murderers, 53 Who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it. 54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
  • Heb 11:25 : 25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin,
  • Prov 5:12 : 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
  • Job 21:14-15 : 14 Therefore they say to God, 'Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.' 15 Who is the Almighty that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?
  • Ps 50:16-17 : 16 But to the wicked God says, What right do you have to declare My statutes, or to take My covenant in your mouth? 17 Seeing you hate instruction, and cast My words behind you.

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    30They would have none of my counsel and despised all my rebuke.

    31Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

  • Prov 1:28
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    28Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;

  • Prov 1:7
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    7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

  • Job 34:27
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    27Because they turned back from Him and would not consider any of His ways.

  • Job 21:14
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    14Therefore they say to God, 'Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.'

  • Prov 8:13
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    13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.

  • Prov 1:22-25
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    22"How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

    23Turn at my rebuke; surely I will pour out my spirit upon you, I will make my words known to you.

    24Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand, yet no one paid attention;

    25But you have disregarded all my counsel, and would have none of my rebuke;

  • Prov 5:12-13
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    12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

    13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to those who 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 answered; when I spoke, they did not hear: but they did evil before my eyes, and chose that in which I do not delight.

  • Ps 50:17
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    17Seeing you hate instruction, and cast My words behind you.

  • Jer 9:13
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    13And the LORD says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, nor walked in it;

  • Rom 3:17-18
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    17'And the way of peace they have not known:'

    18'There is no fear of God before their eyes.'

  • Isa 1:29
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    29For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.

  • Prov 2:5
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    5Then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.

  • Jer 4:22
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    22For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are senseless 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, nor is there any understanding in them.

  • Prov 9:10
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    10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

  • Prov 12:1
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    1Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is foolish.

  • Zeph 1:6
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    6And those that have turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for Him.

  • Hos 4:6
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    6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you from being a priest to me; seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

  • Ps 36:1
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    1The transgression of the wicked speaks within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

  • Jer 8:9
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    9The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?

  • Rom 1:28
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    28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased 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 despised the counsel of the Most High:

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    4Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they do not know the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.

  • Rom 1:21-22
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    21Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

    22Professing to be wise, they became fools,

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    19And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Jer 32:33
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    33And they have turned to me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction.

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    7I said, Surely you will fear me, you will receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, however I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their deeds.

  • Prov 8:10
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    10Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

  • Job 37:24
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    24Therefore men fear him; he does not regard any who are wise of heart.

  • Ps 14:4
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    4Do all the workers of iniquity have no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon the LORD?

  • Job 36:12
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    12But if they do not obey, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

  • Hos 10:3
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    3For now they shall say, 'We have no king, because we did not fear the LORD; what then should a king do for us?'

  • Ps 28:5
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    5Because they do not regard the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them and not build them up.

  • Job 17:4
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    4For You have hidden their heart from understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.

  • Amos 5:10
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    10They hate him that rebukes in the gate, and they abhor him that speaks uprightly.

  • Isa 29:13
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    13Therefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near to me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

  • Prov 15:32
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    32He who refuses instruction despises his own soul, but he who hears reproof gains understanding.

  • Job 24:13
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    13They are among those who rebel against the light; they know not its ways, nor abide in its paths.

  • Job 28:28
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    28And to 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 people do not understand judgment, but those who seek the LORD understand all things.