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Proverbs 1:7
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
    fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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Proverbs 1:7
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7 The fear of the Lord(A) is the beginning of knowledge,
    but fools[a] despise wisdom(B) and instruction.(C)

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