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Proverbs 1:7

The drede of the Lord is the bigynning of wisdom; foolis dispisen wisdom and teching.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6He schal perseyue a parable, and expownyng; the wordis of wise men, and the derk figuratif spechis of hem.

8My sone, here thou the teching of thi fadir, and forsake thou not the lawe of thi modir;

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Cross References

Psalms 111:10A synner schal se, and schal be wrooth; he schal gnaste with hise teeth, and schal faile; the desijr of synneris schal perische.

Proverbs 1:29For thei hatiden teching, and thei token not the drede of the Lord,

Proverbs 9:10The bigynnyng of wisdom is the dreed of the Lord; and prudence is the kunnyng of seyntis.

Proverbs 15:33The drede of the Lord is teching of wisdom; and mekenesse goith bifore glorie.

Ecclesiastes 12:13Alle we here togydere the ende of spekyng. Drede thou God, and kepe hise heestis; `that is to seie, ech man.

Romans 1:28And as thei preueden that thei hadden not God in knowyng, God bitook hem in to a repreuable wit, that thei do tho thingis that ben not couenable; that thei ben fulfillid with al wickidnesse,

This Verse In Other Editions

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