Proverbs 9:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
KJV
Principium sapientiæ timor Domini, et scientia sanctorum prudentia.
Vulgate
ἀρχὴ σοφίας φόβος Κυρίου, καὶ βουλὴ ἁγίων σύνεσις· τὸ γὰρ γνῶναι νόμον διανοίας ἐστὶν ἀγαθῆς.
LXX
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
ASV
תְּחִלַּ֣ת חָ֭כְמָה יִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְ/דַ֖עַת קְדֹשִׁ֣ים בִּינָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בִּינָֽה
bynh
noun · 38×
דָֽעַת
d't
verb · 93×
חָכְמָ֑ה
chkmh
noun · 148×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִרְאַ֣ת
yr't
noun · 42×
קְד֥וֹשׁ
qdvsh
noun · 119×
תְּחִלָּ֔ה
tchlh
noun · 23×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Arguments in opposition to Tatian, showing that it was consonant to divine justice and mercy that the first Adam should first partake in that salvation offered to all by Christ. 1. It was necessary, therefore, that the Lord, coming to the lost sheep, and making recapitulation of so comprehensive a dispensation, and seeking after His own handiwork, should save that very man who …
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210220.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Q. What does the Lord require in the first commandment? A. That I, not wanting to endanger my very salvation, avoid and shun all idolatry, magic, superstitious rites, and prayer to saints or to other creatures. That I sincerely acknowledge the only true God, trust him alone, look to him for every good thing humbly and patiently, love him, fear him, and honor him with all my hea…
Faith is the first movement of the soul toward God and the foundation on which all knowledge is built. Clement rejects the charge that Christian faith is irrational credulity. Every system of knowledge begins with first principles that must be accepted before reasoning can begin — and faith is precisely this kind of foundational assent. Faith is the substance of things hoped fo…
Cross-references
- 1Chr 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the
- 1John 5:20 — And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and
- Eccl 12:13 — Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
- 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 28:28 — And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
- John 17:3 — And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
- Matt 11:27 — All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
- Prov 1:7 — The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- Prov 1:7 — The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- Prov 2:5 — Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
- Prov 2:5 — Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
- Prov 30:3 — I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
- Prov 30:3 — I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
- Ps 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.
- Ps 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.
- Ps 119:125 — I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.