"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding." Proverbs 9:10

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Proverbs 9

Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

To call passengers who go right on their ways:

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

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 "A slight examination of the book shows that when God gave Solomon wisdom, it was wisdom from above. His own wisdom, great as it was, was not sufficient to guide him as directed by himself. So we find “the fear of the Lord” connected with wisdom.

  “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”

  “Choose the fear of the Lord.”

  “Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord.”

  “The fear of the Lord is to hate evil.”

  “The fear of the Lord prolongs days.”

  “By the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.”

  “The fear of the Lord tends to life.”

  “By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches and honour and life.”

  “Be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.”

The wonderful wisdom that God graciously gave him was to be governed by the fear of the Lord—the beginning, the A.B.C. of wisdom. If we carried all our plans, great and little, into God’s presence and sought His guidance, our wisdom would be guided aright."

A J Pollock 

Excerpt from A Great Example and a Great Warning







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