Proverbs 1:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

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 to 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 honor is humility.
  • Prov 18:2 : 2 A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may express itself.
  • Ps 111:10-112:1 : 10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who do his commandments; his praise endures forever. 1 Praise the LORD. Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 1:29-30 : 29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD; 30 They would have none of my counsel and despised all my rebuke.
  • 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 my ear to those who instructed me!
  • Prov 15:5 : 5 A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.
  • John 3:18-21 : 18 He who believes in him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 This is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done 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 debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 9:9-10
    2 verses
    87%

    9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be even wiser: teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

    10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

  • Prov 1:8
    81%

    8My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother;

  • Ps 111:10
    80%

    10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who do his commandments; his praise endures forever.

  • Prov 1:2-6
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    80%

    2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

    3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

    4To give subtlety to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

    5A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel;

    6To understand a proverb and the interpretation, the words of the wise and their riddles.

  • Prov 2:5-6
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    80%

    5Then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.

    6For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

  • Prov 15:32-33
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    79%

    32He who refuses instruction despises his own soul, but he who hears reproof gains understanding.

    33The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and before honor is humility.

  • Prov 15:5
    79%

    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 16:22
    78%

    22Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.

  • Prov 8:13
    78%

    13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.

  • Prov 1:29
    77%

    29Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD;

  • Prov 1:22
    77%

    22"How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

  • Job 28:28
    77%

    28And to 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%

    7Leave the presence of a foolish man, when you do 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 fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.

  • Prov 12:1
    76%

    1Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is foolish.

  • Prov 14:27
    76%

    27The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to turn one away from the snares of death.

  • Prov 19:27
    76%

    27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causes to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 3:7
    75%

    7Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

  • Prov 4:1
    75%

    1Listen, you children, to the instruction of a father, and pay attention to gain understanding.

  • Prov 17:24
    74%

    24Wisdom is in the sight of him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

  • Prov 8:5
    74%

    5O simple ones, understand wisdom; and you fools, be of an understanding heart.

  • Prov 15:14
    74%

    14The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

  • Prov 15:2
    74%

    2The tongue of the wise uses knowledge appropriately, but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

  • Prov 10:14
    74%

    14Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

  • Prov 5:1
    74%

    1My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline your ear to my understanding:

  • Prov 13:1
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    1A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

  • Prov 14:2
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    2He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
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    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of laughter.

    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 spread knowledge, but the heart of the foolish does not.

  • Prov 22:15
    73%

    15Foolishness is bound 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 deals with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.

  • Prov 13:14
    73%

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

  • Ps 34:11
    73%

    11Come, you children, listen to me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

  • Prov 12:23
    73%

    23A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

  • Prov 9:6
    73%

    6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

  • Prov 4:7
    73%

    7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting, get understanding.

  • Prov 8:33
    73%

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

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Prov 10:8
    73%

    8The wise in heart will receive commandments, but a prating fool shall fall.