Proverbs 1:29
For they hated knowledge
What it says
Their judgment comes because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD.
What it is doing
This verse names the root of their refusal.
In context
20Wisdom calls out in the street, 21in the main concourse she cries aloud, 22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? 23If you had repented at my rebuke, 24Because you refused my call, 25because you neglected all my counsel, 26in turn I will mock your calamity; 27when your dread comes like a storm, 28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; 29For they hated knowledge 30They accepted none of my counsel; 31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, 32For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, 33But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety,