"For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:" — Proverbs 1:29

Proverbs 1:29 · KJV

“For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:”

— Proverbs 1:29

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

Proverbs 1 — Context

When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

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

They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

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

Cross References

Proverbs 6:23

For the commandment {is} a lamp; and the law {is} light; and reproofs of instruction {are} the way of life: {lamp: or, candle}

Proverbs 1:22

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Job 21:14-15

Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Isaiah 27:11

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.

Hebrews 11:25

Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

Luke 10:42

But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

Proverbs 5:12

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

Psalms 50:16-17

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?