Proverbs 9:10

Geneva Bible (1560)

The beginning of wisedome is the feare of the Lorde, and the knowledge of holy things, is vnderstanding.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 28:28 : 28 And vnto man he said, Behold, the feare of the Lord is wisedome, and to depart from euil is vnderstanding.
  • Prov 1:7 : 7 The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.
  • Ps 111:10 : 10 The beginning of wisedome is the feare of the Lord: all they that obserue them, haue good vnderstanding: his praise endureth for euer.
  • Eccl 12:13 : 13 Let vs heare the end of all: feare God and keepe his commandements: for this is the whole duetie of man.
  • Prov 2:5 : 5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord, and finde the knowledge of God.
  • Prov 30:3 : 3 For I haue not learned wisedome, nor atteined to the knowledge of holy things.
  • John 17:3 : 3 And this is life eternall, that they knowe thee to be the onely very God, and whom thou hast sent, Iesus Christ.
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And thou, Salomon my sonne, know thou the God of thy father, and serue him with a perfit heart, and with a willing minde: For the Lorde searcheth all hearts, and vnderstandeth all the imaginations of thoughts: if thou seeke him, he will be found of thee, but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for euer.
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 But we know that that Sone of God is come, & hath giue vs a mind to know him, which is true: & we are in him that is true, that is, in that his Sone Iesus Christ: this same is that very God, and that eternal life.
  • Matt 11:27 : 27 All things are giuen vnto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Sonne, but ye Father: neither knoweth any man ye Father, but the Sonne, and he to whom ye Sonne will reueile him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Prov 1:2-8
    7 verses
    87%

    2To knowe wisdome, and instruction, to vnderstand ye wordes of knowledge,

    3To receiue instruction to do wisely, by iustice and iudgement and equitie,

    4To giue vnto the simple, sharpenesse of wit, and to the childe knowledge and discretion.

    5A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,

    6To vnderstand a parable, & the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.

    7The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.

    8My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.

  • Ps 111:10
    86%

    10The beginning of wisedome is the feare of the Lord: all they that obserue them, haue good vnderstanding: his praise endureth for euer.

  • Prov 2:5-6
    2 verses
    84%

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

    6For the Lorde giueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding.

  • Job 28:28
    80%

    28And vnto man he said, Behold, the feare of the Lord is wisedome, and to depart from euil is vnderstanding.

  • Prov 9:9
    79%

    9Giue admonition to the wise, and he will be the wiser: teache a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

  • Prov 15:33
    78%

    33The feare of the Lord is the instruction of wisdome: and before honour, goeth humilitie.

  • Prov 8:12-14
    3 verses
    78%

    12I wisdome dwell with prudence, and I find foorth knowledge and counsels.

    13The feare of the Lord is to hate euill as pride, and arrogancie, and the euill way: and a mouth that speaketh lewde things, I doe hate.

    14I haue counsell and wisedome: I am vnderstanding, and I haue strength.

  • Isa 33:6
    76%

    6And there shall be stabilitie of thy times, strength, saluation, wisdome and knowledge: for the feare of the Lord shalbe his treasure.

  • Prov 14:26-27
    2 verses
    76%

    26In the feare of the Lorde is an assured strength, and his children shall haue hope.

    27The feare of the Lorde is as a welspring of life, to auoyde the snares of death.

  • Prov 4:7
    75%

    7Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding.

  • Prov 2:9-11
    3 verses
    75%

    9Then shalt thou vnderstand righteousnes, and iudgement, and equitie, and euery good path.

    10When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge deliteth thy soule,

    11Then shall counsell preserue thee, and vnderstanding shall keepe thee,

  • Prov 9:11
    74%

    11For thy dayes shalbe multiplied by me, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe augmented.

  • Prov 19:23
    74%

    23The feare of the Lord leadeth to life: and he that is filled therewith, shall continue, and shall not be visited with euill.

  • Prov 16:22
    74%

    22Vnderstading is welspring of life vnto them that haue it: and the instruction of fooles is folly.

  • Ps 34:11
    74%

    11Come children, hearken vnto me: I will teache you the feare of the Lord.

  • Ps 19:9
    74%

    9The feare of the Lorde is cleane, and indureth for euer: the iudgements of the Lorde are trueth: they are righteous altogether,

  • Prov 22:4
    73%

    4The rewarde of humilitie, and the feare of God is riches, and glory, and life.

  • Prov 3:7
    73%

    7Be not wise in thine owne eyes: but feare the Lord, and depart from euill.

  • Prov 3:13
    73%

    13Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.

  • Prov 8:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9They are all plaine to him that will vnderstande, and streight to them that woulde finde knowledge.

    10Receiue mine instruction, and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde.

  • Eccl 1:18
    73%

    18For in the multitude of wisedome is much griefe: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorowe.

  • Prov 18:15
    73%

    15A wise heart getteth knowledge, and the eare of the wise seeketh learning.

  • Prov 10:27
    73%

    27The feare of the Lord increaseth the dayes: but the yeeres of the wicked shalbe diminished.

  • Prov 3:19
    72%

    19The Lorde by wisdome hath layde the foundation of the earth, and hath stablished the heauens through vnderstanding.

  • Prov 1:29
    72%

    29Because they hated knowledge, and did not chuse the feare of the Lord.

  • Prov 14:16
    72%

    16A wise man feareth, and departeth from euill: but a foole rageth, and is carelesse.

  • Prov 30:3
    72%

    3For I haue not learned wisedome, nor atteined to the knowledge of holy things.

  • Job 12:12
    72%

    12Among the ancient is wisedome, and in the length of dayes is vnderstanding.

  • Prov 14:8
    71%

    8The wisdome of ye prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the foolishnes of the fooles is deceite.

  • Eccl 7:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18(7:20) It is good that thou lay hold on this: but yet withdrawe not thine hand from that: for he that feareth God, shall come forth of them all.

    19(7:21) Wisedome shall strengthen the wise man more then ten mightie princes that are in ye citie.

  • Prov 10:14
    71%

    14Wise men lay vp knowledge: but ye mouth of the foole is a present destruction.

  • Prov 13:14
    71%

    14The instruction of a wise man is as the welspring of life, to turne away from the snares of death.

  • Eccl 7:12
    71%

    12(7:14) For man shall rest in the shadowe of wisedome, and in the shadowe of siluer: but the excellencie of the knowledge of wisedome giueth life to the possessers thereof.

  • Ps 2:11
    71%

    11Serue the Lorde in feare, and reioyce in trembling.

  • Job 28:20
    71%

    20Whence then commeth wisedome? And where is the place of vnderstanding,

  • Prov 14:33
    71%

    33Wisedome resteth in the heart of him that hath vnderstanding, and is knowen in the mids of fooles.