Proverbs 1:7

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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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:

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%

    9Geue a discrete man but an occasion, and he wyll be the wyser: teache a righteous man, and he wyll encrease in knowledge.

    10The feare of the Lorde is the beginning of wisdome: and the knowledge of holy thinges, is vnderstanding.

  • Prov 1:8
    81%

    8My sonne, heare thy fathers doctrine, & forsake not the lawe of thy mother:

  • Ps 111:10
    80%

    10The 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.

  • Prov 1:2-6
    5 verses
    80%

    2To learne wisdome and instruction, & to perceaue the wordes of vnderstandyng,

    3To receaue the instruction of wisdome, iustice, iudgement, and equitie:

    4To geue wyt vnto the simple, and that the young men myght haue knowledge and vnderstandyng.

    5The wise man wyll geue eare, and wyll come by more wisdome, and he that is endued with vnderstanding shal attayne vnto wise counsayles.

    6To vnderstande a parable, and the interpretation therof, the wordes of the wise, and their darke speaches.

  • Prov 2:5-6
    2 verses
    80%

    5Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lorde, and finde the knowledge of God.

    6For the Lorde geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandyng.

  • Prov 15:32-33
    2 verses
    79%

    32He that refuseth to be refourmed, dispiseth his owne soule: but he that submitteth him selfe to correction, is wyse.

    33The feare of the Lorde is the ryght science of wisdome, and lowlynesse goeth before honour.

  • Prov 15:5
    79%

    5A foole dispiseth his fathers correction: but he that taketh heede when he is reproued, shall haue the more vnderstandyng.

  • Prov 16:22
    78%

    22Vnderstandyng is a well of lyfe vnto hym that hath it: as for the chastenyng of fooles it is but foolishnesse.

  • Prov 8:13
    78%

    13The feare of the Lorde abhorreth wickednes, pryde, disdayne, and the euil way, and a mouth that speaketh wicked thinges I vtterly abhorre.

  • Prov 1:29
    77%

    29And that because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lorde,

  • Prov 1:22
    77%

    22O ye children, howe long wyll ye loue childishnesse? howe long wyll the scorners delite in scornyng, and the vnwise hate knowledge?

  • Job 28:28
    77%

    28And vnto man he sayd: To feare the Lorde is wysdome, and to forsake euyll is vnderstanding.

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7Get thee from a foolishe man, when thou perceauest not in hym the lippes of knowledge.

    8The wisdome of the circumspect man, is to vnderstande his way: but the foolishnesse of the vnwise, deceaueth.

  • Prov 14:16
    76%

    16A wyse man feareth, and departeth from euyll: but the foole is angry, and counteth hym selfe sure.

  • Prov 12:1
    76%

    1Who so loueth correction loueth knowledge: but he that hateth to be reproued is a foole.

  • Prov 14:27
    76%

    27The feare of the Lorde is a well of lyfe, to auoyde the snares of death.

  • Prov 19:27
    76%

    27My sonne heare no more the doctrine that leadeth thee vnto errours from the wordes of vnderstanding.

  • Prov 3:7
    75%

    7Be not wise in thine owne conceipt: but feare the Lorde, and depart from euyll:

  • Prov 4:1
    75%

    1Heare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction, & take good heede, that ye may learne vnderstanding.

  • Prov 17:24
    74%

    24Wisdome shineth in the face of hym that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of fooles wander throughout al landes.

  • Prov 8:5
    74%

    5Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt, be ye wise in heart O ye fooles.

  • Prov 15:14
    74%

    14The heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng doth seke knowledge: but the mouth of fooles is fed with foolishnesse.

  • Prov 15:2
    74%

    2The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse.

  • Prov 10:14
    74%

    14Wyse men lay vp knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is nye destruction.

  • Prov 5:1
    74%

    1My sonne geue heede vnto my wisdome, and bowe thyne eare vnto my prudence:

  • Prov 13:1
    74%

    1A wise sonne wil hearken to his fathers warnyng: but he that is scorneful wil not heare when he is reproued.

  • Prov 14:33
    74%

    33Wisdome resteth in the heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng, and it shalbe knowen among them that are vnlearned.

  • Prov 14:2
    74%

    2He that walketh vpryghtlye, feareth the Lorde: but he that turneth hym selfe from his wayes, dispiseth hym.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4The heart of the wise is in the mourning house: but the heart of the foolishe is in the house of myrth.

    5It is better to geue eare to the chastening of a wyse man, then to heare the songue of fooles:

  • Prov 15:7
    73%

    7The lippes of the wise do sowe knowledge: but the heart of the foolishe do not so.

  • Prov 22:15
    73%

    15Foolishnes is bounde in the heart of the chylde: and the rodde of correction shall driue it away.

  • Prov 14:18
    73%

    18The ignoraunt haue foolishnesse in possession: but the wyse are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 13:16
    73%

    16A wise man doth all thynges with discretion: but a foole wyll declare his follie.

  • Prov 13:14
    73%

    14The lawe of the wise is a well of life, to auoyde from the snares of death.

  • Ps 34:11
    73%

    11Come ye chyldren and hearken vnto me: I will teache you the feare of God.

  • Prov 12:23
    73%

    23A discrete man doth hyde knowledge: but the heart of fooles blabbeth out foolishnesse.

  • Prov 9:6
    73%

    6Forsake foolishnes, and ye shall lyue: and see that ye go in the way of vnderstandyng.

  • Prov 4:7
    73%

    7The chiefe poynt of wysdome, is to possesse wysdome: and before all thy goodes to get thee vnderstanding.

  • Prov 8:33
    73%

    33O geue eare vnto nurture, be wyse, and refuse it not:

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.

  • Prov 10:8
    73%

    8A wyse man wyll receaue warning: but a prating foole shalbe punished.