Proverbs 1:7

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 28:28 : 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.
  • Prov 9:10 : 10 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
  • 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 15:33 : 33 The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom; And before honor [goeth] humility.
  • Prov 18:2 : 2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart may reveal itself.
  • Ps 111:10-112:1 : 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. 1 Praise ye Jehovah. Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, That delighteth greatly in his commandments.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 1:29-30 : 29 For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah: 30 They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof.
  • Prov 5:12-13 : 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof; 13 Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
  • Prov 15:5 : 5 A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.
  • John 3:18-21 : 18 He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they refused to have God in [their] knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 9:9-10
    2 verses
    87%

    9Give [instruction] to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

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

  • Prov 1:8
    81%

    8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Ps 111:10
    80%

    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 1:2-6
    5 verses
    80%

    2To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding;

    3To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity;

    4To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion:

    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.

  • Prov 2:5-6
    2 verses
    80%

    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 15:32-33
    2 verses
    79%

    32He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.

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

  • Prov 15:5
    79%

    5A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.

  • Prov 16:22
    78%

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

  • Prov 8:13
    78%

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

  • Prov 1:29
    77%

    29For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:

  • Prov 1:22
    77%

    22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?

  • Job 28:28
    77%

    28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive [in him] the lips of knowledge.

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

  • Prov 14:16
    76%

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

  • Prov 12:1
    76%

    1Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

  • Prov 14:27
    76%

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

  • Prov 19:27
    76%

    27Cease, my son, to hear instruction [Only] to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 3:7
    75%

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

  • Prov 4:1
    75%

    1Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:

  • Prov 17:24
    74%

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

  • Prov 8:5
    74%

    5O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.

  • Prov 15:14
    74%

    14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

  • Prov 15:2
    74%

    2The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.

  • Prov 10:14
    74%

    14Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

  • Prov 5:1
    74%

    1My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:

  • Prov 13:1
    74%

    1A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.

  • Prov 14:33
    74%

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

  • Prov 14:2
    74%

    2He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah; But he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

    5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

  • Prov 15:7
    73%

    7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; But the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.

  • Prov 22:15
    73%

    15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; [But] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Prov 14:18
    73%

    18The simple inherit folly; But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 13:16
    73%

    16Every prudent man worketh with knowledge; But a fool flaunteth [his] folly.

  • Prov 13:14
    73%

    14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.

  • Ps 34:11
    73%

    11Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of Jehovah.

  • Prov 12:23
    73%

    23A prudent man concealeth knowledge; But the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  • Prov 9:6
    73%

    6Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.

  • Prov 4:7
    73%

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

  • Prov 8:33
    73%

    33Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not.

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

  • Prov 10:8
    73%

    8The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall.