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Proverbs 1:7-9
Jubilee Bible 2000
Proverbs 1:7-9
Jubilee Bible 2000
7 ¶ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and chastening.
8 My son, hearken unto the chastening of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 For they shall be an increase of grace unto thy head and protection about thy neck.
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Proverbs 1:7-9
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Proverbs 1:7-9
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7 The fear of the Lord(A) is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools[a] despise wisdom(B) and instruction.(C)
Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom
Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:7 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.
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