Proverbs 1:7
¶ The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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- 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 the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.
- Eccl 12:13 : 13 ¶ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this [is] the whole [duty] of man.
- Prov 15:33 : 33 ¶ The fear of the LORD [is] the instruction of wisdom; and before honour [is] humility.
- Prov 18:2 : 2 ¶ A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
- Ps 111:10-112:1 : 10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do [his commandments]: his praise endureth for ever. 1 ¶ Praise ye the LORD. Blessed [is] the man [that] feareth the LORD, [that] delighteth greatly in his commandments.
- Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
- Prov 1:29-30 : 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: 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 And have not 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 instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
- John 3:18-21 : 18 ‹He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.› 19 ‹And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.› 20 ‹For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.› 21 ‹But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.›
- Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in [their] knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
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9 Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.
10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.
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8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do [his commandments]: his praise endureth for ever.
- Prov 1:2-65 verses80%
2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
5 A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
- Prov 2:5-62 verses80%
5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.
- Prov 15:32-332 verses79%
32 ¶ He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
33 ¶ The fear of the LORD [is] the instruction of wisdom; and before honour [is] humility.
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5 ¶ A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
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22 ¶ Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.
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13 The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
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29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
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22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
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28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.
- Prov 14:7-82 verses76%
7 ¶ Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.
8 ¶ The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.
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16 ¶ A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
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1 ¶ Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.
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27 The fear of the LORD [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
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27 ¶ Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth] to err from the words of knowledge.
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7 ¶ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
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1 ¶ Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
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24 ¶ Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.
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5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
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14 ¶ The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
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2 ¶ The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
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14 ¶ Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.
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1 ¶ My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding:
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1 ¶ A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
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33 ¶ Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made known.
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2 ¶ He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but [he that is] perverse in his ways despiseth him.
- Eccl 7:4-52 verses73%
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5 [It is] better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
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15 ¶ Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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18 ¶ The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
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16 ¶ Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.
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14 ¶ The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
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11 ¶ Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
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23 ¶ A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
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6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
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7 Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
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33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
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3 ¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
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8 ¶ The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.