Proverbs 1:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 28:28 : 28 And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.
  • Prov 9:10 : 10 The fear of the Lord is the start of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One gives a wise mind
  • Eccl 12:13 : 13 This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man.
  • Prov 15:33 : 33 The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.
  • Prov 18:2 : 2 A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.
  • Ps 111:10-112:1 : 10 The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all those who keep his laws are wise: his praise is eternal. 1 Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?
  • Prov 1:29-30 : 29 For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord: 30 They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.
  • Prov 5:12-13 : 12 And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training; 13 I did not give attention to the voice of my teachers, my ear was not turned to those who were guiding me!
  • Prov 15:5 : 5 A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.
  • John 3:18-21 : 18 The man who has faith in him does not come up to be judged; but he who has no faith in him has been judged even now, because he has no faith in the name of the only Son of God. 19 And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil. 20 The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen. 21 But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 9:9-10
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    9 Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.

    10 The fear of the Lord is the start of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One gives a wise mind

  • Prov 1:8
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    8 My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

  • Ps 111:10
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    10 The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all those who keep his laws are wise: his praise is eternal.

  • Prov 1:2-6
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    2 To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:

    3 To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour:

    4 To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose:

    5 (The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

    6 To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.

  • Prov 2:5-6
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    5 Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

    6 For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:

  • Prov 15:32-33
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    32 He who will not be controlled by training has no respect for his soul, but he who gives ear to teaching will get wisdom.

    33 The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5 A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22 Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.

  • Prov 8:13
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    13 The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

  • Prov 1:29
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    29 For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:

  • Prov 1:22
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    22 How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?

  • Job 28:28
    77%

    28 And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.

  • Prov 14:7-8
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    76%

    7 Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

    8 The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

  • Prov 14:16
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    16 The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

  • Prov 12:1
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    1 A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.

  • Prov 14:27
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    27 The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death.

  • Prov 19:27
    76%

    27 A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 3:7
    75%

    7 Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil:

  • Prov 4:1
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    1 Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:

  • Prov 17:24
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    24 Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.

  • Prov 8:5
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    5 Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14 The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2 Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

  • Prov 10:14
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    14 Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.

  • Prov 5:1
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    1 My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:

  • Prov 13:1
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    1 A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33 Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

  • Prov 14:2
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    2 He who goes on his way in righteousness has before him the fear of the Lord; but he whose ways are twisted gives him no honour.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
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    4 The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.

    5 It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.

  • Prov 15:7
    73%

    7 The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

  • Prov 22:15
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    15 Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

  • Prov 14:18
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    18 Foolish behaviour is the heritage of the simple, but men of good sense are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16 A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.

  • Prov 13:14
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    14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.

  • Ps 34:11
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    11 Come, children, give attention to me; I will be your teacher in the fear of the Lord.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23 A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

  • Prov 9:6
    73%

    6 Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.

  • Prov 4:7
    73%

    7 The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

  • Prov 8:33
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    33 Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Prov 10:8
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    8 The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.