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Prov. 1:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The fear of the Lord is the ηbeginningk of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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Psa. 111:10• ¹⁰The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all they that do his precepts: his praise abideth for ever. (Psa. 111:10)

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or, principal part.

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Prov. 9:10• ¹⁰The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the Holy is intelligence. (Prov. 9:10)

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Job 28:28• ²⁸And unto man he said, Lo, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. (Job 28:28)

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Psa. 111:10• ¹⁰The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all they that do his precepts: his praise abideth for ever. (Psa. 111:10)

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Psa. 112:1• ¹Hallelujah! Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. (Psa. 112:1)

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Eccl. 12:13• ¹³Let us hear the end of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole of man. (Eccl. 12:13)

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Prov. 1:22,29‑30• ²²How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?
²⁹Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;
³⁰they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof: (Prov. 1:22,29‑30)

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Prov. 5:12‑13• ¹²and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!
¹³and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me; (Prov. 5:12‑13)

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Prov. 15:5• ⁵A fool despiseth his father's instruction; but he that regardeth reproof becometh prudent. (Prov. 15:5)

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Prov. 18:2• ²A fool hath no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may reveal itself. (Prov. 18:2)

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John 3:18‑21• ¹⁸He that believes on him is not judged: but he that believes not has been already judged, because he has not believed on the name of the only-begotten Son of God.
¹⁹And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil.
²⁰For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light that his works may not be shewn as they are;
²¹but he that practises the truth comes to the light, that his works may be manifested that they have been wrought in God. (John 3:18‑21)

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Rom. 1:28• ²⁸And according as they did not think good to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind to practise unseemly things; (Rom. 1:28)

• There is no true knowledge apart from the fear of the Lord. All that pretends to the name, and ignores Him, is but folly. It is well for “the young man” to bear this in mind when meeting the many pseudo-scientific theories now abroad. Philosophers and savants have cast to the winds the fear of the Lord, and ruled Him out of His own creation. (“Bible Questions for December”)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: foolso despise wisdomp and instruction.

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Eveel. It is the generic word, but has two shades of meaning according as it is opposed to chakam, "wise," or aroom, "prudent," "wary," ch. 12.16. But the idea of "wickedness" is not absent from it. As to details, kesil is usually rendered "foolish," as ver. 22; ch. 12.23, nabal is rather "vile," "impious." see 1 Sam. 25.3,25.

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See ver. 2.