Proverbs 1:7

Authorized King James Version

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

— Proverbs 1:7, Authorized King James Version

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Proverbs 1 — Context

4

To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

5

A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

6

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

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

8

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

10

¶ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.