Proverbs 1:29 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 1:29

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

KJV

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ASV

For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah,

WEB

For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.

YLT

Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.

DBT

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

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
John 8:32
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 1:5
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Psalms 119:30
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
John 3:20
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

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6 ), and therefore she goes on to tell them what will be in the end hereof. (1.) The crime is recited and it is highly provoking. See what it is for which judgment will be given against impenitent sinners in the great day, and you will say they deserve it, and the Lord is righteous in it.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The threatenings here will have their full accomplishment in the judgment of the great day and the eternal misery of the impenitent, of which yet there are some earnests in present judgments. [1.] Now sinners are in prosperity and secure; they live at ease, and set sorrow at defiance.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; 2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

In vain - The fowler who spreads, his net in the sight of the bird looseth his labour. But these, are more foolish than the silly birds, and though they are not ignorant of the mischief which these evil courses will bring upon themselves, yet they will not take warning. Their own blood - The destruction which they design to others, fall upon themselves.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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