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Proverbs 1:7


Proverbs 1:6 Proverbs 1:7 (KJV) Proverbs 1:8
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The fearH3374 of the LORDH3068 is the beginningH7225 of knowledgeH1847: but foolsH191 despiseH936 wisdomH2451 and instructionH4148.


Original Hebrew

יִרְאַת יְהוָה רֵאשִׁית דָּעַת חָכְמָה וּמוּסָר אֱוִילִים בָּזוּ׃ פ

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
יִרְאַ֣ת
yir.'At H3374 HNcfsc (the) fear of
יְ֭הוָה
Yah.weh H3068 HNp Yahweh
רֵאשִׁ֣ית
re.Shit H7225 HNcfsc (is the) beginning of
דָּ֑עַת
Da.'at H1847 HNcfsa knowledge
חָכְמָ֥ה
chokh.mah H2451 HNcfsa wisdom
וּ֝/מוּסָ֗ר
u./mu.Sar H4148 HC/Ncmsa and/ discipline
אֱוִילִ֥ים
'e.vi.Lim H191 HAampa fools
בָּֽזוּ
Ba.zu H936 HVqp3cp they despise
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
  • H191 — אֱוִיל (ʼĕvîyl, ev-eel'): from an unused root (meaning to be perverse); (figuratively) silly; fool(-ish) (man).
  • H936 — בּוּז (bûwz, booz): a primitive root; to disrespect; contemn, despise, [idiom] utterly.
  • H1847 — דַּעַת (daʻath, dah'-ath): from יָדַע; knowledge; cunning, (ig-) norantly, know(-ledge), (un-) awares (wittingly).
  • H2451 — חׇכְמָה (chokmâh, khok-maw'): from חָכַם; wisdom (in a good sense); skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
  • H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
  • H3374 — יִרְאָה (yirʼâh, yir-aw'): feminine of יָרֵא; fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence; [idiom] dreadful, [idiom] exceedingly, fear(-fulness).
  • H4148 — מוּסָר (mûwçâr, moo-sawr'): from יָסַר; properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint; bond, chastening(-eth), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.
  • H7225 — רֵאשִׁית (rêʼshîyth, ray-sheeth'): from the same as רֹאשׁ; the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit); beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.

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