Job 28:28

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²⁸And he said to humankind,
‘Truly, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
and to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”^(A)

Job 28:28

New International Version

²⁸And he said to the human race,
“The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom,
and to shun evil^(A) is understanding.”^(B)

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

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

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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