Proverbs 1:7
King James Version
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:7 in context
Proverbs 1:5
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Proverbs 1:6
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Proverbs 1:7SELECTED VERSE
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:8
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 1:9
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.