Proverbs 1:7

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 28:28 : 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
  • Prov 9:10 : 10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
  • Eccl 12:13 : 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
  • Prov 15:33 : 33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
  • Prov 18:2 : 2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
  • Ps 111:10-112:1 : 10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever. 1 Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 1:29-30 : 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: 30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
  • Prov 5:12-13 : 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
  • Prov 15:5 : 5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
  • John 3:18-21 : 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 9:9-10
    2 verses
    87%

    9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

    10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

  • Prov 1:8
    81%

    8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Ps 111:10
    80%

    10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

  • Prov 1:2-6
    5 verses
    80%

    2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

    3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

    4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

    5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

    6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

  • Prov 2:5-6
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    80%

    5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

    6For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

  • Prov 15:32-33
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    79%

    32He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

    33The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

  • Prov 15:5
    79%

    5A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 16:22
    78%

    22Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

  • Prov 8:13
    78%

    13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

  • Prov 1:29
    77%

    29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

  • Prov 1:22
    77%

    22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

  • Job 28:28
    77%

    28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 14:16
    76%

    16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

  • Prov 12:1
    76%

    1Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

  • Prov 14:27
    76%

    27The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

  • Prov 19:27
    76%

    27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 3:7
    75%

    7Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

  • Prov 4:1
    75%

    1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

  • Prov 17:24
    74%

    24Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

  • Prov 8:5
    74%

    5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

  • Prov 15:14
    74%

    14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

  • Prov 15:2
    74%

    2The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

  • Prov 10:14
    74%

    14Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

  • Prov 5:1
    74%

    1My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

  • Prov 13:1
    74%

    1A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

  • Prov 14:33
    74%

    33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

  • Prov 14:2
    74%

    2He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

    5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

  • Prov 15:7
    73%

    7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

  • Prov 22:15
    73%

    15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Prov 14:18
    73%

    18The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 13:16
    73%

    16Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.

  • Prov 13:14
    73%

    14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

  • Ps 34:11
    73%

    11Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

  • Prov 12:23
    73%

    23A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  • Prov 9:6
    73%

    6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

  • Prov 4:7
    73%

    7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

  • Prov 8:33
    73%

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

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • Prov 10:8
    73%

    8The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.