Proverbs 15:33
The feare of the Lord is the instruction of wisdome: and before honour, goeth humilitie.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
In Context
Cross References
Job 28:28And vnto man he said, Behold, the feare of the Lord is wisedome, and to depart from euil is vnderstanding.
Psalms 111:10The beginning of wisedome is the feare of the Lord: all they that obserue them, haue good vnderstanding: his praise endureth for euer.
Proverbs 8:13The feare of the Lord is to hate euill as pride, and arrogancie, and the euill way: and a mouth that speaketh lewde things, I doe hate.
Proverbs 25:6Boast not thy selfe before the King, and stand not in the place of great men.
Luke 14:11For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe, shall be brought lowe, and he that humbleth himselfe, shall be exalted.
James 4:10Cast downe your selues before the Lord, and he will lift you vp.
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 →