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fear of the Lord as the beginning of wisdom
Verses
3 results- VerseProverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
- VerseProverbs 9:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
- VersePsalms 111:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!
Words (Strong's)
16 results- WordH7221 רִאשָׁה · riʼshâh (Hebrew)a beginning. The Hebrew word stands 1 time in the original text.
- WordH113 אָדוֹן · ʼâdôwn (Hebrew)sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine). The Hebrew word stands 333 times in the original text.
- WordG746 ἀρχή · archḗ (Greek)(properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank). The Greek word stands 55 times in the original text.
- WordG4413 πρῶτος · prōtos (Greek)foremost (in time, place, order or importance). The Greek word stands 152 times in the original text.
- WordH227 אָז · ʼâz (Hebrew)at that time or place. The Hebrew word stands 141 times in the original text.
Featured studies
14 results- StudyThe Fear of the LORDSix books of the Bible say the same sentence (the fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom) and the same passages that command trembling promise the friendship of God.
- StudyProverbs: the Study GuideSkill for living in the fear of the LORD: the six collections the book names itself, the keystone that frames it, and the genre key that keeps a proverb from being read as a promise.
- StudyWisdom Seen on EarthA featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
- StudyLord of the SabbathA featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
- StudyThe Lord's PrayerPhrase by phrase — the Old Testament roots under each petition, the Jewish prayers it spoke alongside, and Matthew's and Luke's forms honestly compared.
Apocrypha (study resources)
74 results- Study resourceSirach 1:14To fear the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and it was created with the faithful in the womb.
- Study resourceSirach 25:12The fear of the Lord is the beginning of his love: and faith is the beginning of cleaving unto him.
- Study resourceWisdom of Solomon 12:11For it was a cursed seed from the beginning; neither didst thou for fear of any man give them pardon for those things wherein they sinned.
- Study resource2 Esdras 6:38And I said, O Lord, thou spakest from the beginning of the creation, even the first day, and saidst thus; Let heaven and earth be made; and thy word was a perfect work.
- Study resourceSirach 36:11Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, and inherit thou them, as from the beginning.
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H7221רִאשָׁה riʼshâh — a beginningH113אָדוֹן ʼâdôwn — sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)G746ἀρχή archḗ — (properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief
(in various applications of order, time, place, or rank)G4413πρῶτος prōtos — foremost (in time, place, order or
importance)H227אָז ʼâz — at that time or placeH7218רֹאשׁ rôʼsh — the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)