fear
( See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9).
The holy - The word in the Hebrew is plural, agreeing, probably, with אלהים 'elohı̂ym understood (so in Proverbs 30:3 ). The knowledge of th...
The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the Holy One [is] (i) understanding. (i) He shows what true understanding is...
Proverbs 9. The Invitations of Wisdom and Folly Contrasted. This section closes with a couple of graphic pictures of Wisdom and Folly personified,...
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. the beginning: not the end. See note on Proverbs 1:7 . wisdom. See note on Proverbs 1:2 . the knowled...
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. The fear of the Lord - See on Proverbs 1:7 (no...
Understanding— Schultens, Calmet, and many others, render this Prudence; Christian prudence, true prudence, which consists in discerning what is...
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. The fear of the Lord (is) the beginning of w...
The Rivals Folly and Wisdom invite guests to their respective houses. The consequences of accepting either of the two invitations are described. W...
The holy] RV 'the Holy One.'
The fear of the Lord ... — Comp. Isaiah 11:2 , where the “spirit of knowledge” and of the “fear of the Lord” is counted as the gift of God. (For th...
CHAPTER 10 TWO VOICES IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITY Proverbs 9:1-18 , Proverbs 20:14 with Proberbs 3, and Proverbs 20:16 with Proverbs 4:1...
CHAPTER 2 THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge."- Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning...
Two Contrasted Invitations Proverbs 9:1-18 There is an age-long competition between Wisdom and Folly, Virtue and Vice. The palace of Wisdom is...
The last address is a contrast between wisdom and folly. Each is personified as a woman calling to youth. Wisdom has builded her house, and spread he...
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate t...
WISDOM’S BEGINNING IS GOD’S FEAR ‘The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.’ Proverbs 9:10 I. Nothing can prosper long that runs its...
The fear of the Lord [is] the beginning of wisdom ,.... This shows who the wise men are, and in what true wisdom lies; no man is wise till he fears...
The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding. Ver. 10. The fear of the Lord. ] See Trapp o...
The fear of the Lord , &c. The very first, and, indeed, the principal thing which is to be instilled into all men's minds, (without which they w...
The Invitation of Wisdom. 1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath h...
Of the holy; either, 1. Of holy men, whether such as all saints learn, or rather such as the holy men of God, the servants of this wisdom, teach...
The Contrast Between The Scorner, Who Does Not Like Reproof, And The Wise Man Who Heeds It, (a warning to the naive), Centred Round The Fear Of YHWH...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 9:1 . Wisdom , in the plural, as in chap. Proverbs 1:20 , to express excellence and dignity. Proverbs 9:2 . She hat...
Proverbs 9:10 I. Nothing can prosper long that runs its head against any of the great walls of the universe. Life is known by its manifestations;...
Proverbs 9:1 . Wisdom hath builded her house. This chapter opens with a sublime allegory. We see the princess, the mother of angels and men, enthr...
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. A just conception of God There are two things which sincere religion can never fail of attaini...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 9:1-20 15. Fifteenth admonitory discourse, containing in a parabolic form an invitation of Wisdom ( Proverbs 9:1-20 )...
The Banquet of Wisdom
The fear of the Lord Is the beginning of wisdom, the basis and source of all true wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy, of Him who is the essence...
1 Chronicles 28:9 ; 1 John 5:20 ; Ecclesiastes 12:13 ; Job 28:28 ; John 17:3 ; Matthew 11:27 ; Proverbs 1:7 ; Proverbs 2:5 ; Proverbs 30:3 ;...
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.