Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the + 1:7 Or, sum, or, top. beginning of wisdom; and there is good understanding to all that practise it: and piety toward God is the beginning of discernment; but the ungodly will set at nothing wisdom and instruction.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
In Context
6and will understand a parable, and a dark speech; the saying of the wise also, and riddles.
8Hear, my son, the instruction of your father, and reject not the rules of your mother.
Cross References
Psalms 111:10The sinner shall see and be angry, he shall gnash his teeth, and consume away: the desire of the sinner shall perish.
Proverbs 1:29For they hated wisdom, and did not choose the word of the Lord:
Proverbs 9:10The fear of the Lord is the + 9:10 Or, summit. beginning of wisdom, and the counsel of saints is understanding: for to know the law is the character of a sound mind.
Proverbs 15:33The fear of the Lord is instruction and wisdom; and the highest honor will correspond therewith.
Ecclesiastes 12:13Hear the end of the matter, the sun: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole man.
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 →