The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

instead they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of Jehovah.

then you shall understand the fear of Jehovah and find the knowledge of God.

For Jehovah gives wisdom; out of His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Trust in Jehovah with all your heart, and lean not to your own understanding.

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Jehovah and depart from evil.

Honor Jehovah with your substance, and with the firstfruits of all your increase;

My son, do not despise the chastening of Jehovah; nor be weary with His correction;

for whom Jehovah loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.

Jehovah has founded the earth by wisdom; by understanding He has founded the heavens.

For Jehovah shall be your hope, and shall keep your foot from being taken.

For the crooked man is hateful to Jehovah, but His secret is with the righteous.

The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; but He blesses the home of the just.

For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and He watches all his paths.

These six Jehovah hates; yea, seven are hateful to his soul:

The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; I hate pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the wicked mouth.

Jehovah possessed me from the beginning of His way, before His works of old.

For whoever finds me finds life, and shall obtain favor from Jehovah.

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

Jehovah will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry; but He casts away the desire of the wicked.

The blessing of Jehovah itself makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.

The fear of Jehovah prolongs days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

The way of Jehovah is strength to the upright; but ruin is to the workers of iniquity.

False balances are hateful to Jehovah; but a just weight is His delight.

They who are of a perverse heart are hateful to Jehovah, but the upright in the way are His delight.

The good gets grace from Jehovah, but He will condemn a man of wicked thoughts.

Lying lips are hateful to Jehovah, but those who deal truly are His delight.

He who walks in his uprightness fears Jehovah, but he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.

In the fear of Jehovah is strong hope, and His sons shall have a place of refuge.

The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life to turn aside from the snares of death.

The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

The sacrifice of the wicked is a hateful thing to Jehovah, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

The way of the wicked is hateful to Jehovah, but He loves him who pursues righteousness.

Hell and destruction are before Jehovah; even more the hearts of the sons of men.

Better is a little with the fear of Jehovah than great treasure and tumult with it.

Jehovah will destroy the house of the proud, but He will set up the border of the widow.

The thoughts of the wicked are very hateful to Jehovah, but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

Jehovah is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom, and before honor is humility.

The ordering of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from Jehovah.

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but Jehovah weighs the spirits.

Roll your works upon Jehovah, and your thoughts shall be established.

Jehovah has made all for His purpose; yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Everyone proud in heart is hateful to Jehovah; though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

By mercy and truth, iniquity is purged, and by the fear of Jehovah men turn away from evil.

When a man's ways please Jehovah, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

A man's heart plans his way, but Jehovah directs his steps.

A just weight and balance are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are His work.

He who handles a matter wisely shall find good, and whoever trusts in Jehovah, happy is he.

The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing of it is from Jehovah.

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Jehovah tries the hearts.

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, even both of them are hateful to Jehovah.

The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.

Whoever finds a wife finds good and gets favor from Jehovah.

The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against Jehovah.

Houses and riches are the inheritance of fathers, and a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

He who has pity upon the poor lends to Jehovah, and He will reward his dealing to him.

There are many purposes in a man's heart, but the counsel of Jehovah shall stand.

The fear of Jehovah tends to life, and he rests satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

Different kinds of weights, different kinds of measures, both are hateful to Jehovah.

The hearing ear and the seeing eye, Jehovah has made both of them.

Do not say, I will repay evil; wait on Jehovah, and He will save you.

Different kinds of weights are hateful to Jehovah, and a false balance is not good.

Man's steps are of Jehovah; how can a man then understand his own way?

The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He will.

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Jehovah ponders the hearts.

To do justice and judgment is more pleasing to Jehovah than sacrifice.

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Jehovah.

The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but safety is from Jehovah.

The rich and poor meet together; Jehovah is the maker of them all.

By humility and the fear of Jehovah are riches and honor and life.

The eyes of Jehovah keep knowledge, and He overthrows the words of the transgressor.

The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; those despised by Jehovah shall fall there.

so that your trust may be in Jehovah, I have made known to you this day, even to you.

for Jehovah will plead their cause, and strip the soul of those who plunder them.

Do not let your heart envy sinners; but be in the fear of Jehovah all the day long.

lest Jehovah see, and it displease Him, and He turn away His wrath from him.

My son, fear Jehovah and the king; and do not fellowship with those who are given to change;

for you shall heap coals of fire upon his head, and Jehovah shall reward you.

Evil men do not understand judgment; but those who seek Jehovah understand all things.

He who is of a proud heart stirs up fighting; but he who puts his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.

The poor and the deceitful man meet together; Jehovah gives light to the eyes of both.

The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Jehovah shall be safe.

Many seek the ruler's favor; but each man's judgment comes from Jehovah.

lest I be full and deceive, and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, and violate the name of my God.

Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears Jehovah, she shall be praised.