Proverbs 1:7–9
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Main Point
7If you really want to gain knowledge, you must begin by having respect for the Lord.
But foolish people hate wisdom and training.
Think and Live Wisely
A Warning Against a Life of Crime
8My son, listen to your father’s advice.
Don’t turn away from your mother’s teaching.
9What they teach you will be like a beautiful crown on your head.
It will be like a chain to decorate your neck.
Copyright 1998 International Bible Society
In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Hear, my son, your father’s instruction,
and forsake not your mother’s teaching,
for they are a graceful garland for your head
and pendants for your neck.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
They are a garland to grace your head
and a chain to adorn your neck.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
The fear of the Lord
is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,
for they will be a garland of favor on your head
and pendants around your neck.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
My child, listen when your father corrects you.
Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
What you learn from them will crown you with grace
and be a chain of honor around your neck.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge;
wisdom and instruction, fools despise.
My child, may you keep your father’s instruction,
and do not reject your mother’s teachings,
for they are a garland of favor for your head,
and pendants for your neck.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge:
But fools despise wisdom and instruction.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father,
And forsake not the law of thy mother:
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head,
And chains about thy neck.
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