Proverbs 1:7-9
Wycliffe Bible
7 The dread of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; fools despise wisdom and teaching. (The fear of the Lord/Reverence for the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; but fools despise wisdom and teaching.)
8 My son, hear thou the teaching of thy father, and forsake thou not the law of thy mother; (My son, listen thou to thy father’s teaching; and do not thou abandon thy mother’s principles;)
9 (so) that grace be added, either increased, to thine head, and a band to thy neck. (so that favour be added unto thee, and a band of honour be put about thy neck.)
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Proverbs 1:7-9
New International Version
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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