World English Bible
"because they hated knowledge, and didn't choose the fear of Yahweh."
— Proverbs 1:29, World English Bible
“For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:”
“For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah, ”
“Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the LORD,”
“Because they have hated instruction, and received not the fear of the Lord,”
“For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:”
“For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:”
I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you;
when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come on you.
Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;
because they hated knowledge, and didn't choose the fear of Yahweh.
They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.
For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.