King James Version
Proverbs 1:29 in the King James Version says “For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:”
Proverbs 1:29 · KJV
When your fear cometh as desolation , and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
KJV Study — Public Domain
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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