Proverbs 1:7

New International Version

⁷The fear of the Lord^(A) is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools^[a] despise wisdom^(B) and instruction.^(C)

Footnotes

Proverbs 1:7 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.

Proverbs 1:7 in all English translations

Proverbs 2:10-11

New International Version

¹⁰For wisdom will enter your heart,^(A)
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
¹¹Discretion will protect you,
and understanding will guard you.^(B)

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Proverbs 8:10-11

New International Version

¹⁰Choose my instruction instead of silver,
knowledge rather than choice gold,^(A)
¹¹for wisdom is more precious^(B) than rubies,
and nothing you desire can compare with her.^(C)

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Proverbs 24:3-5

New International Version

Saying 21

³By wisdom a house is built,^(A)
and through understanding it is established;
⁴through knowledge its rooms are filled
with rare and beautiful treasures.^(B)

Saying 22

⁵The wise prevail through great power,
and those who have knowledge muster their strength.

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1 Corinthians 13:9-12

New International Version

⁹For we know in part^(A) and we prophesy in part, ¹⁰but when completeness comes,^(B) what is in part disappears. ¹¹When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood^(C) behind me. ¹²For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror;^(D) then we shall see face to face.^(E) Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.^(F)

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Philippians 3:8

New International Version

⁸What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing^(A) Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ^(B)

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Philippians 3:8 in all English translations