Proverbs

Proverbs 1:29–30

²⁹For they hated knowledge

and chose not to fear the LORD.

³⁰They accepted none of my counsel;

they despised all my reproof.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they hated	שָׂ֣נְאוּ	śā·nə·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H8130 hate
knowledge	דָ֑עַת	ḏā·‘aṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H1847 knowledge
and chose	בָחָֽרוּ׃	ḇā·ḥā·rū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H977 choose
not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
to fear	וְיִרְאַ֥ת	wə·yir·’aṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H3374 fear
the LORD	יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They accepted	אָב֥וּ	’ā·ḇū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H14 be willing, consent
none	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
of my counsel	לַעֲצָתִ֑י	la·‘ă·ṣā·ṯî	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H6098 counsel, advice
they despised	נָ֝אֲצ֗וּ	nā·’ă·ṣū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5006 contemn, spurn
all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
my reproof	תּוֹכַחְתִּֽי׃	tō·w·ḵaḥ·tî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H8433 rebuke, correction

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Proverbs 1:29 Proverbs 6:23 · Proverbs 1:22 · Job 21:14–15 · Hebrews 11:25 · Isaiah 27:11 · Luke 10:42 · Proverbs 5:12 · John 3:20 · Psalm 50:16–17 · Acts 7:51–54

Proverbs 1:30 Psalm 81:11 · Proverbs 1:25 · Luke 14:18–20 · Jeremiah 8:9

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.