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Proverbs 1:7–9

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7The fear of the Lordj is the beginning of knowledge,

but foolsc despise wisdomk and instruction.l

Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom

Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men

8Listen, my son,m to your father’sn instruction

and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.o

9They are a garland to grace your head

and a chain to adorn your neck.p

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Proverbs 1:7: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Footnotes

  1. cThe Hebrew words rendered fool in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.

Cross references

  1. jSee Ex 20:20; See Job 23:15; Ps 34:4–22; See 112:1; Pr 9:10; 15:33; Isa 33:6; 50:10; 59:19
  2. kSee Dt 4:6; Jer 8:9
  3. lPr 8:33–36; 9:7–9; 12:1; 13:18; 15:32
  4. mver 8–9; Pr 2:1; 3:1; 4:1; 5:1; 6:1; 7:1; 19:27; 22:17; 23:26–28
  5. nJer 35:8
  6. oSee Dt 21:18; Pr 6:20
  7. pPr 3:21–22; 4:1–9

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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

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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