Proverbs 1:7
The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
In Context
6To vnderstand a parable, & the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.
8My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:29And that because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lorde,
Proverbs 9:10The feare of the Lorde is the beginning of wisdome: and the knowledge of holy thinges, is vnderstanding.
Proverbs 15:33The feare of the Lorde is the ryght science of wisdome, and lowlynesse goeth before honour.
Ecclesiastes 12:13Let vs heare the conclusion of all thinges, Feare God, and kepe his commaundementes: for that toucheth all men.
Romans 1:28And as they regarded not to knowe God: euen so God deliuered them vp vnto a leude mynde, that they should do those thinges which were not comely:
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:2-7
Proverbs We have now before us, I. A new author, or penman rather, or pen (if you will) made use of by the Holy Ghost for making known the mind of God to us, writing as moved by the finger of God (so the Spirit of God is called), and that is Solomon; through his hand came this book of Scripture and the two that follow it, Ecclesiastes and Canticles, a sermon and a song. Some think he wrote Canticles when he was very young, Proverbs in the midst of his days, and Ecclesiastes when he was old. In the title of his… Read the whole commentary →