Proverbs 1:7
יִרְאַת יְהוָה רֵאשִׁית דָּעַת חָכְמָה וּמוּסָר אֱוִילִים בָּֽזוּ ׃ פ
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
In Context
6לְהָבִין מָשָׁל וּמְלִיצָה דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים וְחִידֹתָֽם ׃
8שְׁמַע בְּנִי מוּסַר אָבִיךָ וְאַל ־ תִּטֹּשׁ תּוֹרַת אִמֶּֽךָ ׃
Cross References
Psalms 111:10רֵאשִׁית חָכְמָה ׀ יִרְאַת יְהוָה שֵׂכֶל טוֹב לְכָל ־ עֹשֵׂיהֶם תְּהִלָּתוֹ עֹמֶדֶת לָעַֽד ׃
Proverbs 1:29תַּחַת כִּי ־ שָׂנְאוּ דָעַת וְיִרְאַת יְהֹוָה לֹא בָחָֽרוּ ׃
Proverbs 9:10תְּחִלַּת חָכְמָה יִרְאַת יְהוָה וְדַעַת קְדֹשִׁים בִּינָֽה ׃
Proverbs 15:33יִרְאַת יְהוָה מוּסַר חָכְמָה וְלִפְנֵי כָבוֹד עֲנָוָֽה ׃
Ecclesiastes 12:13סוֹף דָּבָר הַכֹּל נִשְׁמָע אֶת ־ הָאֱלֹהִים יְרָא וְאֶת ־ מִצְוֺתָיו שְׁמוֹר כִּי ־ זֶה כָּל ־ הָאָדָֽם ׃
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 →