Job 28:28

Job's Discourse On Wisdom

²⁷ Then He saw it and declared it;
He established it and also searched it out.
²⁸ “And to man He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.’”

Depart from Evil

Fear of the Lord

Fear the Lord

Jehovah

Job

Psalm 111:10

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
A good understanding have all those who do His commandments;
His praise endures forever.

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Deuteronomy 4:6

So keep and do them, for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’

Proverbs 9:10

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person.

Proverbs 3:7

Do not be wise in your own eyes;
Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

Deuteronomy 29:29

“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law.

Psalm 34:14

Depart from evil and do good;
Seek peace and pursue it.

Proverbs 8:4-5

“To you, O men, I call,
And my voice is to the sons of men.

Proverbs 8:26-32

While He had not yet made the earth and the fields,
Nor the first dust of the world.

Proverbs 13:14

The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,
To turn aside from the snares of death.

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil;
He who watches his way preserves his life.

Isaiah 1:16

“Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight.
Cease to do evil,

2 Timothy 2:19

Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who names the name of the Lord is to abstain from wickedness.”

James 3:13-17

Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.

1 Peter 3:11

“He must turn away from evil and do good;
He must seek peace and pursue it.