'Beginning' in the Bible

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

“The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom;And with all your acquiring, get understanding.

“The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way,Before His works of old.

“From everlasting I was established,From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

The beginning of strife is like letting out water,So abandon the quarrel before it breaks out.

An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginningWill not be blessed in the end.