Proverbs 1:7
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7 (A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Job 28:28
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28 And he said to man,
‘Behold, (A)the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
and to (B)turn away from evil is understanding.’”
Psalm 111:10-112:1
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10 (A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all those who practice it have (B)a good understanding.
His (C)praise endures forever!
The Righteous Will Never Be Moved
112 [a] (D)Praise the Lord!
(E)Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
who (F)greatly delights in his commandments!
Footnotes
- Psalm 112:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each line beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
Ecclesiastes 12:13
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13 The end of the matter; all has been heard. (A)Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.[a]
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- Ecclesiastes 12:13 Or the duty of all mankind
Proverbs 9:10
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10 (A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and (B)the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
Proverbs 15:33
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Proverbs 18:2
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2 A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,
but only (A)in expressing his opinion.
Proverbs 1:22
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22 “How long, O (A)simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will (B)scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools (C)hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:29-30
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29 Because they (A)hated knowledge
and (B)did not choose the fear of the Lord,
30 (C)would have none of my counsel
and (D)despised all my reproof,
Romans 1:28
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28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, (A)God gave them up to (B)a debased mind to do (C)what ought not to be done.
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Proverbs 15:5
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John 3:18-21
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18 (A)Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not (B)believed in the name of the only Son of God. 19 (C)And this is the judgment: (D)the light has come into the world, and (E)people loved the darkness rather than the light because (F)their works were evil. 20 (G)For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, (H)lest his works should be exposed. 21 But whoever (I)does what is true (J)comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”
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Proverbs 5:12-13
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12 and you say, (A)“How I hated discipline,
and my heart (B)despised reproof!
13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers
or incline my ear to my instructors.
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