The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.


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Exodus 9 30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God.
Exodus 20 20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
Deuteronomy 1 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Job 5 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Job 5 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Job 5 21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
Job 8 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
Job 11 6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
Job 15 8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Job 15 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
Job 19 29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
Job 21 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Job 21 22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
Job 26 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
Job 28 12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
Job 28 20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
Job 28 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Job 35 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Job 37 19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
Job 37 24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
Job 38 36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
Psalms 2 10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Psalms 5 5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Psalms 14 4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
Psalms 14 5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
Psalms 25 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
Psalms 25 12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
Psalms 27 11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
Psalms 32 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Psalms 33 10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
Psalms 33 18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
Psalms 34 9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
Psalms 34 11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Psalms 37 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Psalms 49 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 50 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.
Psalms 51 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Psalms 52 6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
Psalms 53 4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
Psalms 64 9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
Psalms 76 7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
Psalms 90 11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
Psalms 92 6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Psalms 94 8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Psalms 94 10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
Psalms 94 11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
Psalms 107 17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
Psalms 111 10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Psalms 115 11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
Psalms 118 7 The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.