Proverbs 1:7
Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Job 28:28
And he said to mankind, 'The fear of the Lord -- that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"
Proverbs 9:10
The beginning of wisdom is to fear the Lord, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
Proverbs 15:33
The fear of the Lord provides wise instruction, and before honor comes humility.
Psalm 111:10-1
To obey the Lord is the fundamental principle for wise living; all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever.
Proverbs 1:22
"How long will you simpletons love naivet?? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:29-30
Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the Lord,
Proverbs 5:12-13
And you will say, "How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!
Proverbs 15:5
A fool rejects his father's discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.
Proverbs 18:2
A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in disclosing what is on his mind.
John 3:18-21
The one who believes in him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, 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 acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.