Proverbs 1:7
Fear of Yahweh [is the] beginning of knowledge; wisdom and instruction, fools despise.
Job 28:28
And to the human beings he said, 'Look, the fear of the Lord [is] wisdom, and to depart from evil [is] understanding.'"
Proverbs 9:10
The start of wisdom is fear of Yahweh, and knowledge of the Holy One, insight.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
Now that all has been heard, here is the final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commandments, for this [is] the whole [duty] of man.
Proverbs 15:33
Fear of Yahweh [is] the instruction of the wise, and before honor [comes] humility.
Psalm 111:10-1
The fear of Yahweh [is the] beginning of wisdom; all who do them have a good understanding. His praise endures forever.
Proverbs 1:22
"{How long}, O simple ones, will you love simplicity? And [how long] will scoffers delight in their scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:29-30
Since they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Yahweh,
Proverbs 5:12-13
and say "How I hated discipline, and I despised reproof!"
Proverbs 15:5
A fool will despise the instruction of his father, but he who guards reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 18:2
A fool will not take pleasure in understanding, but in expressing his heart.
John 3:18-21
The one who believes in him is not judged, but the one who does not believe has already been judged, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
Romans 1:28
And just as they did not see fit {to recognize God}, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do the things [that are] not proper,