Proverbs 9:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Most Holy is understanding.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
In Context
11Yea, through me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.
Cross References
Psalms 34:12Who is he that loveth life, And desireth many days, in which he may see good?
Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 30:3I have not learned wisdom, Nor have I gained the knowledge of the Most Holy.
Matthew 11:27All things were delivered to me by my Father; and no one knoweth the Son but the Father; nor doth any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom it is the will of the Son to reveal him.
1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God hath come, and hath given us understanding, that we may know the True One; and we are in the True One, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and everlasting life.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 9:2-13
The Invitation of Wisdom. 1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: 2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. 3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, 4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. 7 He that… Read the whole commentary →