Proverbs 1:7
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.”
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Related Verses
“For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:”
“How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?”
“A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.”
“Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.”
“Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.”