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Proverbs 1:29

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For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
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  1. Proverbs 6:23Rank 1 from verse 29
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    23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

  2. Job 21:14–15Rank 2 from verse 29
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    14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

    15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

  3. Proverbs 1:22Rank 3 from verse 29
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    22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

  4. Hebrews 11:25Rank 4 from verse 29
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    25Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

  5. Isaiah 27:11Rank 5 from verse 29
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    11When 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.

  6. Acts 7:51–54Rank 6 from verse 29
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    51¶ Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

    52Which 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:

    53Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

    54¶ When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

  7. John 3:20Rank 7 from verse 29
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    20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

  8. Luke 10:42Rank 8 from verse 29
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    42But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

  9. Proverbs 5:12Rank 9 from verse 29
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    12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

  10. Psalms 50:16–17Rank 10 from verse 29
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    16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

    17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

  11. Isaiah 30:9–12Rank 11 from verse 29
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    9That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord:

    10Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

    11Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

    12Wherefore 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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Proverbs 1:29

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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hated

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of hate, meaning to feel strong dislike, aversion, or enmity toward; in comparisons, to love less.

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fear

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1. Alarm, dread, terror, or apprehension. 2. Reverence, awe, or respectful regard. 3. A person, thing, or event feared or revered. 4. To fear, dread, or reverence.

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1:28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

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

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1:30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

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