Proverbs 15:33
The fear of Adonai teaches wisdom. 2 Before kavod ·weighty glory· is humility.
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 111:10ר The fear of Adonai is the beginning of wisdom. 2 שׂ All those who do his work have a good understanding. 1 תּ His tehilah ·praise song· endures forever!
Proverbs 8:13The fear of Adonai is to hate evil. 2 I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth. 1
Proverbs 25:6Don’t exalt yourself in the presence of the king, 2 or claim a place among great men; 1
Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:33
32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. See here, 1. The folly of those that will not be taught, that refuse instruction, that will not heed it, but turn their backs upon it, or will not hear it, but turn their hearts against it. They refuse correction (margin); they will not take it, no, not from God himself, but kick against the pricks. Those that do so despise their own souls; they show that they have a low and mean opinion of them, and are in… Read the whole commentary →