Proverbs 1:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Fear of Jehovah `is' a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 28:28 : 28 And He saith to man: -- `Lo, fear of the Lord, that `is' wisdom, And to turn from evil `is' understanding.'
  • Prov 9:10 : 10 The commencement of wisdom `is' the fear of Jehovah, And a knowledge of the Holy Ones `is' understanding.
  • Eccl 12:13 : 13 The end of the whole matter let us hear: -- `Fear God, and keep His commands, for this `is' the whole of man.
  • Prov 15:33 : 33 The fear of Jehovah `is' the instruction of wisdom, And before honour `is' humility!
  • Prov 18:2 : 2 A fool delighteth not in understanding, But -- in uncovering his heart.
  • Ps 111:10-112:1 : 10 The beginning of wisdom `is' fear of Jehovah, Good understanding have all doing them, His praise `is' standing for ever! 1 Praise ye Jah! O the happiness of one fearing Jehovah, In His commands he hath delighted greatly.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 `Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 1:29-30 : 29 Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen. 30 They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof,
  • Prov 5:12-13 : 12 And hast said, `How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised, 13 And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear.
  • Prov 15:5 : 5 A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.
  • John 3:18-21 : 18 he who is believing in him is not judged, but he who is not believing hath been judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 `And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil; 20 for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected; 21 but he who is doing the truth doth come to the light, that his works may be manifested, that in God they are having been wrought.'
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And, according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 9:9-10
    2 verses
    87%

    9Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning.

    10The commencement of wisdom `is' the fear of Jehovah, And a knowledge of the Holy Ones `is' understanding.

  • Prov 1:8
    81%

    8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

  • Ps 111:10
    80%

    10The beginning of wisdom `is' fear of Jehovah, Good understanding have all doing them, His praise `is' standing for ever!

  • Prov 1:2-6
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    80%

    2For knowing wisdom and instruction, For understanding sayings of intelligence,

    3For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,

    4For giving to simple ones -- prudence, To a youth -- knowledge and discretion.

    5(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

    6For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.

  • Prov 2:5-6
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    5Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.

    6For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.

  • Prov 15:32-33
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    79%

    32Whoso is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoso is hearing reproof Is getting understanding.

    33The fear of Jehovah `is' the instruction of wisdom, And before honour `is' humility!

  • Prov 15:5
    79%

    5A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 16:22
    78%

    22A fountain of life `is' understanding to its possessors, The instruction of fools is folly.

  • Prov 8:13
    78%

    13The fear of Jehovah `is' to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

  • Prov 1:29
    77%

    29Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.

  • Prov 1:22
    77%

    22`Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?

  • Job 28:28
    77%

    28And He saith to man: -- `Lo, fear of the Lord, that `is' wisdom, And to turn from evil `is' understanding.'

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.

    8The wisdom of the prudent `is' to understand his way, And the folly of fools `is' deceit.

  • Prov 14:16
    76%

    16The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.

  • Prov 12:1
    76%

    1Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof `is' brutish.

  • Prov 14:27
    76%

    27The fear of Jehovah `is' a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

  • Prov 19:27
    76%

    27Cease, my son, to hear instruction -- To err from sayings of knowledge.

  • Prov 3:7
    75%

    7Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.

  • Prov 4:1
    75%

    1Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.

  • Prov 17:24
    74%

    24The face of the intelligent `is' to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool -- at the end of the earth.

  • Prov 8:5
    74%

    5Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,

  • Prov 15:14
    74%

    14The heart of the intelligent seeketh knowledge, And the mouth of fools enjoyeth folly.

  • Prov 15:2
    74%

    2The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

  • Prov 10:14
    74%

    14The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool `is' near ruin.

  • Prov 5:1
    74%

    1My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,

  • Prov 13:1
    74%

    1A wise son -- the instruction of a father, And a scorner -- he hath not heard rebuke.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33In the heart of the intelligent wisdom doth rest. And in the midst of fools it is known.

  • Prov 14:2
    74%

    2Whoso is walking in his uprightness is fearing Jehovah, And the perverted `in' his ways is despising Him.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4The heart of the wise `is' in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.

    5Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than `for' a man to hear a song of fools,

  • Prov 15:7
    73%

    7The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, And the heart of fools `is' not right.

  • Prov 22:15
    73%

    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

  • Prov 14:18
    73%

    18The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned `with' knowledge.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16Every prudent one dealeth with knowledge, And a fool spreadeth out folly.

  • Prov 13:14
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    14The law of the wise `is' a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

  • Ps 34:11
    73%

    11Come ye, children, hearken to me, The fear of Jehovah I do teach you.

  • Prov 12:23
    73%

    23A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaimeth folly.

  • Prov 9:6
    73%

    6Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.

  • Prov 4:7
    73%

    7The first thing `is' wisdom -- get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.

  • Prov 8:33
    73%

    33Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3The folly of man perverteth his way, And against Jehovah is his heart wroth.

  • Prov 10:8
    73%

    8The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.