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

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

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Footnotes

  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.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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(A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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33 (A)Heed instruction and be wise,
And do not neglect it.

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33 Listen to my instruction and be wise;
    do not disregard it.

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33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

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33 Hear instruction and be wise,
And do not disdain it.

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