Proverbs 1:29
King James Version (KJV)
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
American Standard Version (ASV)
For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:
World English Bible (WEB)
because they hated knowledge, and didn't choose the fear of Yahweh.
Proverbs 1:29 Cross References
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
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?
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
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, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
