Job 28:28

American Standard Version (1901)

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 1:7 : 7 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; [But] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
  • Ps 111:10 : 10 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all they that do [his commandments] : His praise endureth for ever.
  • Prov 9:10 : 10 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
  • Deut 4:6 : 6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
  • Eccl 12:13 : 13 [This is] the end of the matter; all hath been heard: fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole [duty] of man.
  • Prov 3:7 : 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:
  • Jas 3:13-17 : 13 Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom is not [a wisdom] that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.
  • 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Howbeit the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his: and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.
  • Deut 29:29 : 29 The secret things belong unto Jehovah our God; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
  • Ps 34:14 : 14 Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.
  • Prov 13:14 : 14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.
  • Prov 16:17 : 17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
  • Prov 8:4-5 : 4 Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men. 5 O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.
  • Prov 8:26-32 : 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world. 27 When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep, 28 When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong, 29 When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth; 30 Then I was by him, [as] a master workman; And I was daily [his] delight, Rejoicing always before him, 31 Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men. 32 Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways.
  • Isa 1:16 : 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
  • 1 Pet 3:11 : 11 And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 28:27
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    27Then did he see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.

  • Prov 9:10
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    10The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

  • Prov 2:5-6
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    79%

    5Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God.

    6For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding:

  • Prov 3:7
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    7Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:

  • Ps 111:10
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    10The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all they that do [his commandments] : His praise endureth for ever.

  • Prov 14:16
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    16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.

  • Job 28:12
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    12But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

  • Prov 1:5-7
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    5That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

    6To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

    7The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; [But] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

  • Job 28:20
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    20Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

  • Prov 8:13-14
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    13The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

    14Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.

  • Prov 19:23
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    23The fear of Jehovah [tendeth] to life; And he [that hath it] shall abide satisfied; He shall not be visited with evil.

  • Prov 14:27
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    27The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.

  • Job 34:16
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    16If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words.

  • Prov 28:5
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    5Evil men understand not justice; But they that seek Jehovah understand all things.

  • Prov 16:6
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    6By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for; And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.

  • Prov 1:2
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    2To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding;

  • Prov 14:8
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    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 3:13
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    13Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.

  • Eccl 7:18
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    18It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from that withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth from them all.

  • Job 28:23
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    23God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.

  • Job 5:27
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    27Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

  • Job 12:12-13
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    12With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding.

    13With [God] is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.

  • Eccl 3:14
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    14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it; and God hath done it, that men should fear before him.

  • Prov 2:11
    72%

    11Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:

  • Prov 16:22
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    22Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is [their] folly.

  • Prov 4:7
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    7Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [Therefore] get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

  • Prov 22:3
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    3A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

  • Prov 15:33
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    33The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom; And before honor [goeth] humility.

  • Ps 128:4
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    4Behold, thus shall the man be blessed That feareth Jehovah.

  • Prov 1:33
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    33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

  • Prov 2:9
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    9Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, [yea], every good path.

  • Job 34:10
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    10Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, And from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

  • Prov 15:24
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    24To the wise the way of life [goeth] upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding; But [that which is] in the inward part of fools is made known.

  • Ps 64:9
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    9And all men shall fear; And they shall declare the work of God, And shall wisely consider of his doing.

  • Prov 2:2
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    2So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;

  • Prov 19:8
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    8He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good.

  • Prov 8:9
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    9They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge.

  • Job 32:13
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    13Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:

  • Prov 10:23
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    23It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And [so is] wisdom to a man of understanding.

  • Prov 17:24
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    24Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

  • Eccl 8:5
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    5Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerneth time and judgment:

  • Eccl 12:13
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    13[This is] the end of the matter; all hath been heard: fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole [duty] of man.

  • Job 37:24
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    24Men do therefore fear him: He regardeth not any that are wise of heart.