7Fear of Jehovah is a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!


In Context

4 For giving to simple ones — prudence, To a youth — knowledge and discretion.

5 (The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

6 For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.

7 Fear of Jehovah is a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!

8 Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

9 For a graceful wreath are they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.

Proverbs 1:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:7The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:7The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; But the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.