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28 (A)God said to us humans,
“To be wise, you must have reverence for the Lord.
To understand, you must turn from evil.”

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28 And he said to the human race,
    “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom,
    and to shun evil(A) is understanding.”(B)

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Advice to the Young

(A)To have knowledge, you must first have reverence for the Lord.[a] Stupid people have no respect for wisdom and refuse to learn.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:7 To … Lord; or The most important part of knowledge is having reverence for the Lord.

The fear of the Lord(A) is the beginning of knowledge,
    but fools[a] despise wisdom(B) and instruction.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:7 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.

10 Those who know you, Lord, will trust you;
    you do not abandon anyone who comes to you.

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10 Those who know your name(A) trust in you,
    for you, Lord, have never forsaken(B) those who seek you.(C)

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