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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• ¹⁰Fear of Jehovah [is] the beginning of wisdom;{HR}Good understanding [belongs] to all doing them ;{HR}His praise standeth forever. (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,{HR}And the knowledge of the Holy [is] understanding. (Prov. 9:10)

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Job 28:28• ²⁸And unto man he said,{HR}Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom,{HR}And to depart from evil understanding. (Job 28:28)

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Psa. 111:10• ¹⁰Fear of Jehovah [is] the beginning of wisdom;{HR}Good understanding [belongs] to all doing them ;{HR}His praise standeth forever. (Psa. 111:10)

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Psa. 112:1• ¹Praise ye Jah.{HR}Blessed [is] the man fearing Jehovah,{HR}In his commandments delighting greatly. (Psa. 112:1)

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Eccl. 12:13• ¹³[This is] the end of the matter;{HR}All hath been heard:{HR}Fear God, and keep His commandments;{HR}For this [is] the whole [duty] of man. (Eccl. 12:13)

beginning.

or, principal part.

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Prov. 1:22,29‑30• ²²How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness,{HR}And scorners delight them in scorning,{HR}And fools hate wisdom?
²⁹Because they hated knowledge{HR}And chose not the fear of Jehovah;
³⁰They would none of my counsel,{HR}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,{HR}And my heart despised reproof;
¹³And I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers,{HR}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 correction;{HR}But he that regardeth reproof becometh prudent. (Prov. 15:5)

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

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John 3:18‑21• ¹⁸He that believeth on him is not judged; but he that believeth not hath been already judged, because he hath not believed on the name of the only-begotten Son of God.
¹⁹And this is the judgment, that the light hath come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
²⁰For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not unto the light lest his works should be convicted;
²¹but he that practiceth the truth cometh unto 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 even as they disapproved to have God in acknowledgment, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind to do improper 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.

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.

W. Kelly Translation

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The fear of Jehovah (is) the beginning of knowledge:{HR}Fools despise wisdom and instruction.