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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 the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever. (Psa. 111:10)

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or, principal part.

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Prov. 9:10• ¹⁰The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. (Prov. 9:10)

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Job 28:28• ²⁸And unto man he said, Behold, 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 the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever. (Psa. 111:10)

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Psa. 112:1• ¹Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. (Psa. 112:1)

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

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Prov. 1:22,29‑30• ²²How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
²⁹For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
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 say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
¹³And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them 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 is prudent. (Prov. 15:5)

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

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John 3:18‑21• ¹⁸He 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.
¹⁹And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
²⁰For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
²¹But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. (John 3:18‑21)

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Rom. 1:28• ²⁸And 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; (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.

JND Translation Notes

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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.