Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
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5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:

6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.

7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:

9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.

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Both translations

King James Version

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

World English Bible

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

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