Proverbs 1:29

The Call Of Lady Wisdom

²⁸ then they will call me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but not find me. ²⁹ Since they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Yahweh, ³⁰ they were not willing [to accept] my counsel, they despised all my reproof.

Fear of the Lord

Fear the Lord

Jehovah

Proverbs 1:22

"{How long}, O simple ones, will you love simplicity? And [how long] will scoffers delight in their scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?

Job 21:14-15

And they say to God, 'Turn away from us, for we do not desire to know your ways.

Psalm 50:16-17

But to the wicked God says, "What [right] have you to recite my statutes and {mention my covenant with your mouth},

Proverbs 5:12

and say "How I hated discipline, and I despised reproof!"

Proverbs 6:23

For [like] a lamp [is] a commandment, and instruction [is] light, and the way of life [is the] reproof of discipline,

Isaiah 27:11

{When its branches are dry}, they are broken; women [are] coming [and] setting light to it. For it [is] not a people of understanding; therefore his maker will not have compassion on him, and his creator will not show him favor.

Isaiah 30:9-12

For it [is] a people of rebellion, deceitful children, children [who are] not willing to hear the instruction of Yahweh,

Luke 10:42

But few [things] are necessary, or [only] one [thing], for Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her."

John 3:20

For everyone who practices evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds be exposed.

Acts 7:51-54

"[You] stiff-necked [people] and uncircumcised in hearts and in [your] ears! You constantly resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers [did], [so] also [do] you!

Hebrews 11:25

choosing instead to be mistreated with the people of God [rather] than to experience the transitory enjoyment of sin,