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
'Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 5:12
And hast said, 'How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,
Proverbs 15:5
A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 18:2
A fool delighteth not in understanding, But -- in uncovering his heart.
John 3:18
he who is believing in him is not judged, but he who is not believing hath been judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Romans 1:28
And, according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly;
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Deuteronomy 32:28
For a nation lost to counsels are they, And there is no understanding in them.