Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Çalışma Notu
Study Note
The programmatic statement 'the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; but fools despise wisdom and instruction' serves as the thesis-sentence of the entire book of Proverbs, grounding the wisdom enterprise in theological epistemology rather than merely in rational inquiry. The Hebrew reshith ('beginning') can mean both 'first principle' and 'most excellent part,' suggesting that fear of YHWH is not merely the starting point of knowledge but its primary and essential component. Psalm 111:10 uses identical language in a liturgical context, suggesting the formula was a shared educational-theological confession across wisdom and cultic traditions. The verse stands as the biblical foundation for the 'integration of faith and learning' as a Christian educational principle, insisting that authentic knowledge cannot be pursued in abstraction from the divine source of reality.
Diğer Çeviriler
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; Butthe foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
Fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!
The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.
Çapraz Referanslar
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is …
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: …
Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.