Proverbs 1 · Verse 29

Proverbs 1:29

For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
Proverbs 1:29, King James Version

Proverbs 1:29 in other translations

BSBFor they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
WEBbecause they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of the LORD.
ASVFor that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah,
YLTBecause that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.
DARBYBecause they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;
BBEFor they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:
WebsterFor that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

What does Proverbs 1:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 1:20-33

20-33. Some interpreters regard this address as the language of the Son of God under the name of Wisdom (compare Lu 11:49). Others think that wisdom, as the divine attribute specially employed in acts of counsel and admonition, is here personified, and represents God. In either case the address is a most solemn and divine admonition, whose matter and spirit are eminently evangelical and impressive (see on Pr 8:1)…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 29 They hated knowledge - This argues the deepest degree of intellectual and moral depravity.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 1:20-33

Solomon, having showed how dangerous it is to hearken to the temptations of Satan, here declares how dangerous it is not to hearken to the calls of God. Christ himself is Wisdom, is Wisdoms. Three sorts of persons are here called by Him: 1. Simple ones. Sinners are fond of their simple notions of good and evil, their simple prejudices against the ways of God, and flatter themselves in their wickedness. 2. Scorners…

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Proverbs 1:29 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

תַּ֭חַתTa.chatbecauseH8478
כִּי\־ki-forH3588
שָׂ֣נְאוּSa.ne.'uthey hatedH8130
דָ֑עַתDa.'atknowledgeH1847
וְיִרְאַ֥תve.yir.'Atand [the] fear ofH3374
יְ֝הֹוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
בָחָֽרוּ\׃va.Cha.ruthey choseH977

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 1:29

  • Proverbs 6:23

    For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

  • 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. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

  • Hebrews 11:25

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

  • 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.

  • Luke 10:42

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

  • John 3:20

    For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

  • 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? Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

  • Acts 7:51-54

    Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

  • Isaiah 30:9-12

    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:

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that.
22; 5:12; 6:23; Job 21:14,15; Ps 50:16,17; Isa 27:11; 30:9-12
Joh 3:20; Ac 7:51-54
not.
Lu 10:42; Heb 11:25

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Context

  • Proverbs 1:28

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

  • Proverbs 1:29

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

  • Proverbs 1:30

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

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Proverbs 1:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por cuanto aborrecieron la sabiduría, y no escogieron el temor de Jehová,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Parce qu’ils ont haï la connaissance et qu’ils n’ont pas choisi la crainte de l’ Éternel,
German
Elberfelder 1871		darum, daß sie Erkenntnis gehaßt und die Furcht Jehovas nicht erwählt,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		eo quod exosam habuerint disciplinam, et timorem Domini non susceperint,