Verse 7

The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of knowledge: but fooles dispise wisdome and instruction.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 28:28 : 28 And vnto man he sayd: To feare the Lorde is wysdome, and to forsake euyll is vnderstanding.
  • Prov 9:10 : 10 The feare of the Lorde is the beginning of wisdome: and the knowledge of holy thinges, is vnderstanding.
  • Eccl 12:13 : 13 Let vs heare the conclusion of all thinges, Feare God, and kepe his commaundementes: for that toucheth all men.
  • Prov 15:33 : 33 The feare of the Lorde is the ryght science of wisdome, and lowlynesse goeth before honour.
  • Prov 18:2 : 2 A foole hath no delight in vnderstanding: but onlye to vtter the fansies of his owne heart.
  • Ps 111:10-112:1 : 10 The beginning of wysdome is the feare of God: all they haue a good vnderstanding that do his commaundements, the praise of it endureth for euer. 1 Prayse ye the Lorde. Blessed is the man that feareth God: he hath great delight in his commaundementes.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 O ye children, howe long wyll ye loue childishnesse? howe long wyll the scorners delite in scornyng, and the vnwise hate knowledge?
  • Prov 1:29-30 : 29 And that because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lorde, 30 They woulde none of my counsayle, but dispised all my correction.
  • Prov 5:12-13 : 12 Alas, why hated I nurture? why did my heart dispise correction? 13 Wherefore was not I obedient vnto the voyce of my teachers, and hearkened not vnto them that enfourmed me?
  • Prov 15:5 : 5 A foole dispiseth his fathers correction: but he that taketh heede when he is reproued, shall haue the more vnderstandyng.
  • John 3:18-21 : 18 But he that beleueth not, is condempned alredy, because he hath not beleued in the name of the only begotte sonne of God. 19 And this is the condempnation: that lyght is come into the worlde, and men loued darknesse rather then lyght, because their deedes were euyll. 20 For euery one that euyll doeth, hateth the lyght: neither commeth to the light, lest his deedes shoulde be reproued. 21 But he that doeth trueth, cometh to the lyght, yt his deedes may be knowen, howe that they are wrought in God.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And as they regarded not to knowe God: euen so God deliuered them vp vnto a leude mynde, that they should do those thinges which were not comely: