Proverbs 1:7
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7 Fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge;
wisdom and instruction, fools despise.
James 1:5
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5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for it from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.
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1 Kings 4:29
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Solomon’s Wisdom: Literature, Zoology, Biology, Dendrology
29 God gave wisdom to Solomon and very great discernment, as well as breadth of understanding,[a] as the sand which is on the edge of the seashore.
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- 1 Kings 4:29 Literally “width of heart”
1 Kings 10:24
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24 All of the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.
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Exodus 35:30-35
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30 And Moses said to the Israelites,[a] “See, Yahweh has called by name[b] Bezalel the son of Uri the son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah. 31 And he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom and with skill[c] and with knowledge and with every kind of craftsmanship, 32 and to devise designs, to work with the gold and with the silver and with the bronze, 33 and in stonecutting for setting and in cutting wood, for doing every kind of design craftsmanship. 34 And he has put it in his heart to teach—he and Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan. 35 He has filled them with skill of heart to do every work of a craftsman and a designer and an embroiderer with the blue and with the purple, with the crimson yarns and with the fine linen and a weaver; they are doers of every kind of craftsmanship and devisers of designs.
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- Exodus 35:30 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Exodus 35:30 In other words, “specifically chosen”
- Exodus 35:31 Or “understanding,” “discernment,” “cleverness”
Proverbs 9:10
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Foolishness’ Banquet
10 The start of wisdom is fear of Yahweh,
and knowledge of the Holy One,[a] insight.
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- Proverbs 9:10 Or “holy ones”
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