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Proverbs 1:7 (Listen)

7 hThe fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;

fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 2:1-5 (Listen)

The Value of Wisdom

2 uMy son, vif you receive my words

and treasure up my commandments with you,

2 making your ear attentive to wisdom

and inclining your heart to understanding;

3 yes, if you call out for insight

and raise your voice wfor understanding,

4 if you seek it like xsilver

and search for it as for yhidden treasures,

5 then zyou will understand the fear of the Lord

and find the knowledge of God.

Proverbs 3:7-8 (Listen)

7 mBe not wise in your own eyes;

nfear the Lord, and turn away from evil.

8 It will be ohealing to your flesh1

and prefreshment2 to your bones.

Footnotes

[1] 3:8 Hebrew navel
[2] 3:8 Or medicine

Proverbs 8:13 (Listen)

13 dThe fear of the Lord is ehatred of evil.

fPride and arrogance and the way of evil

and gperverted speech I hate.

Proverbs 9:10 (Listen)

10 pThe fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,

and qthe knowledge of the Holy One is insight.

Proverbs 10:27 (Listen)

27 qThe fear of the Lord prolongs life,

rbut the years of the wicked will be short.

Proverbs 14:2 (Listen)

2 Whoever hwalks in uprightness fears the Lord,

but he who is idevious in his ways despises him.

Proverbs 14:26-27 (Listen)

26 In the fear of the Lord one has mstrong confidence,

and nhis children will have oa refuge.

27 The fear of the Lord is pa fountain of life,

that one may qturn away from the snares of death.

Proverbs 15:16 (Listen)

16 bBetter is a little with the fear of the Lord

than great treasure and trouble with it.

Proverbs 15:33 (Listen)

33 jThe fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom,

and khumility comes before honor.

Proverbs 16:6 (Listen)

6 By tsteadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for,

and by uthe fear of the Lord one vturns away from evil.

Proverbs 19:23 (Listen)

23 The fear of the Lord lleads to life,

and whoever has it rests msatisfied;

he will nnot be visited by harm.

Proverbs 22:4 (Listen)

4 The reward for humility and fear of the Lord

is triches and honor and life.1

Footnotes

[1] 22:4 Or The reward for humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and honor and life

Proverbs 23:17-18 (Listen)

17 Let not your heart tenvy sinners,

but continue in uthe fear of the Lord all the day.

18 Surely vthere is a future,

and your whope will not be cut off.

Proverbs 24:21 (Listen)

21 My son, zfear the Lord and the king,

and do not join with those who do otherwise,

Proverbs 28:14 (Listen)

14 Blessed is the one who zfears the Lord always,

but whoever ahardens his heart will fall into calamity.

Proverbs 29:25 (Listen)

25 iThe fear of man lays a snare,

but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.

Proverbs 31:30 (Listen)

30 lCharm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,

but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

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