Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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Bible References
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Proverbs 1:22
"How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 5:12
and you say, "How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
Proverbs 15:5
A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 18:2
A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.
John 3:18
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
Romans 1:28
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
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Deuteronomy 32:28
"For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them.