Verse 29
Proverbs 1:29
GOD'S WORD Translation
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because they hated knowledge,
and didn’t choose the fear of Yahweh.
Original Language Text
hebrew
תַּ֭חַת כִּי שָׂ֣נְאוּ דָ֑עַת וְ/יִרְאַ֥ת יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה לֹ֣א בָחָֽרוּ
English Translation
Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 1 Context
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The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:
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to know wisdom and instruction;
to discern the words of understanding;
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to receive instruction in wise dealing,
in righteousness, justice, and equity;
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to give prudence to the simple,
knowledge and discretion to the young man:
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that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning;
that the man of understanding may attain to so...
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to understand a proverb, and parables,
the words and riddles of the wise.
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The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge;
but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
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My son, listen to your father’s instruction,
and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:
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for they will be a garland to grace your head,
and chains around your neck.
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My son, if sinners entice you,
don’t consent.
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If they say, “Come with us.
Let’s lay in wait for blood.
Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent withou...
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Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol,
and whole, like those who go down into the pit.
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We’ll find all valuable wealth.
We’ll fill our houses with plunder.
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You shall cast your lot among us.
We’ll all have one purse.”
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My son, don’t walk on the path with them.
Keep your foot from their path,
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for their feet run to evil.
They hurry to shed blood.
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For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird:
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but these lay wait for their own blood.
They lurk secretly for their own lives.
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So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain.
It takes away the life of its owners.
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Wisdom calls aloud in the street.
She utters her voice in the public squares.
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She calls at the head of noisy places.
At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:
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“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity?
How long will mockers delight themselves in mo...
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Turn at my reproof.
Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you.
I will make known my words to you.
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Because I have called, and you have refused;
I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid atten...
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but you have ignored all my counsel,
and wanted none of my reproof;
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I also will laugh at your disaster.
I will mock when calamity overtakes you;
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when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind;
when distres...
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Then will they call on me, but I will not answer.
They will seek me diligently, but they will not fi...
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because they hated knowledge,
and didn’t choose the fear of Yahweh.
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They wanted none of my counsel.
They despised all my reproof.
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Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way,
and be filled with their own schemes.
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For the backsliding of the simple will kill them.
The careless ease of fools will destroy them.
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But whoever listens to me will dwell securely,
and will be at ease, without fear of harm.”
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