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Proverbs 1:7

WisdomGod's holiness

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.

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:

9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy 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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