Proverbs 1:29
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
בָּחַר
bâchar
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
יָרֵא
yârêʼ
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
Key Terms in This Verse
Cross References
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
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, a...
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
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