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Proverbs 9:10

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8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

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BSB
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
KJV
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
WEB
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
ASV
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
DARBY
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the Holy is intelligence.
BLB
The beginning of wisdom [is] the fear of YHWH, and knowledge of the Holy One [is] understanding.
ÅB
frykte Herren er begynnelsen til visdom, og å kjenne den Hellige er forstand.
OTB
Ærefrykt for Herren er begynnelsen til visdom, og forståelse kommer fra å kjenne Den Hellige.
B1930
Å frykte Herren er begynnelsen til visdom, og å kjenne den Hellige er forstand.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 111:10

    The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

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  • Job 28:28

    And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

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  • Proverbs 1:7

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

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  • Ecclesiastes 12:13

    Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

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  • Proverbs 2:5

    Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

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  • 1 John 5:20

    And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

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  • John 17:3

    And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

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  • 1 Chronicles 28:9

    And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

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