Proverbs 1:7
¶The jfear of the LORD is 4the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
¶The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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Job 28:28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Psalms 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Proverbs 22:4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
Ecclesiastes 12:13 ¶Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
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Or, the principal part.
reverence and obedience to God, or his worship and service, as this word is commonly used.
either the foundation, or the top, and perfection, or chief point, without which all other knowledge is vain and useless.
wicked men, called fools through this whole book; such as do not fear God.
are so far from attaining true wisdom, that they despise it, and all the means of getting it; which fully proves what he now said, that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.