Proverbs 1:7

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Introduction to the Theme of the Book Fearing the LORD is the beginning of discernment, but fools have despised wisdom and moral instruction.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 28:28 : 28 And he said to mankind,‘The fear of the LORD– that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
  • Prov 9:10 : 10 The beginning of wisdom is to fear the LORD, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding.
  • Eccl 12:13 : 13 Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
  • Prov 15:33 : 33 The fear of the LORD provides wise instruction, and before honor comes humility.
  • Prov 18:2 : 2 A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in disclosing what is on his mind.
  • Ps 111:10-112:1 : 10 To obey the LORD is the fundamental principle for wise living; all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever. 1 Praise the LORD! How blessed is the one who obeys the LORD, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 “How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long have mockers delighted in mockery? And how long will fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 1:29-30 : 29 Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the LORD, 30 they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.
  • Prov 5:12-13 : 12 And you will say,“How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof! 13 For I did not obey my teachers and I did not heed my instructors.
  • Prov 15:5 : 5 A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.
  • John 3:18-21 : 18 The one who believes in him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God. 19 Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed. 21 But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly evident that his deeds have been done in God.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 9:9-10
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    9Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.

    10The beginning of wisdom is to fear the LORD, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding.

  • Prov 1:8
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    8Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

  • Ps 111:10
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    10To obey the LORD is the fundamental principle for wise living; all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever.

  • Prov 1:2-6
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    2To learn wisdom and moral instruction, to discern wise counsel.

    3To receive moral instruction in skillful living, with righteousness, justice, and equity.

    4To impart shrewdness to the morally naive, a discerning plan to the young person.

    5(Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)

    6To discern the meaning of a proverb and a parable, the sayings of the wise and their riddles.

  • Prov 2:5-6
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    5then you will understand how to fear the LORD, and you will discover knowledge about God.

    6For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

  • Prov 15:32-33
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    32The one who refuses correction despises himself, but whoever listens to reproof acquires understanding.

    33The fear of the LORD provides wise instruction, and before honor comes humility.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.

  • Prov 8:13
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    13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.

  • Prov 1:29
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    29Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the LORD,

  • Prov 1:22
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    22“How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long have mockers delighted in mockery? And how long will fools hate knowledge?

  • Job 28:28
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    28And he said to mankind,‘The fear of the LORD– that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

  • Prov 14:7-8
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    7Walk abreast with a foolish person, and you do not understand wise counsel.

    8The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

  • Prov 14:16
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    16A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident.

  • Prov 12:1
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    1The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid.

  • Prov 14:27
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    27The fear of the LORD is like a life-giving fountain, to turn people from deadly snares.

  • Prov 19:27
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    27If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 3:7
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    7Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

  • Prov 4:1
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    1Admonition to Follow Righteousness and Avoid Wickedness Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.

  • Prov 17:24
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    24Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.

  • Prov 8:5
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    5You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment!

  • Prov 15:14
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    14The discerning mind seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.

  • Prov 10:14
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    14Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.

  • Prov 5:1
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    1Admonition to Avoid Seduction to Evil My child, be attentive to my wisdom, pay close attention to my understanding,

  • Prov 13:1
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    1A wise son accepts his father’s discipline, but a scoffer has never listened to rebuke.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is not known in the inner parts of fools.

  • Prov 14:2
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    2The one who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is perverted 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 merrymaking.

    5Frivolous Living Versus Wisdom It is better for a person to receive a rebuke from those who are wise than to listen to the song of fools.

  • Prov 15:7
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    7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.

  • Prov 22:15
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    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.

  • Prov 14:18
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    18The naive have inherited folly, but the shrewd will be crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

  • Prov 13:14
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    14Instruction from the wise is like a life-giving fountain, to turn a person from deadly snares.

  • Ps 34:11
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    11Come children! Listen to me! I will teach you what it means to fear the LORD.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23The shrewd person conceals knowledge, but foolish people proclaim folly.

  • Prov 9:6
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    6Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”

  • Prov 4:7
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    7Wisdom is supreme– so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!

  • Prov 8:33
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    33Listen to my instruction so that you may be wise, and do not neglect it.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 10:8
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    8The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.