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Proverbs 1:7

WisdomGod's holiness

5 let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel

6 by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

9 For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.

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BSB
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
KJV
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
WEB
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
ASV
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; [But] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
DARBY
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction.
BLB
The fear of YHWH [is] the beginning of knowledge; wisdom and instruction fools have despised.
ÅB
frykte Herren er begynnelsen til kunnskap; visdom og tukt foraktes av dårer.
OTB
For frykten for Herren er begynnelsen på all kunnskap; de som er dårer hater visdom og instruksjon.
B1930
Å frykte Herren er begynnelsen til kunnskap; visdom og tukt foraktes av dårer.

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