Proverbs 9:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

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 from God's word; or rather,

2. Of holy things, the Hebrew word being here taken in the neuter gender, as it is Numbers 5:17, and elsewhere; for this seems best to answer to the fear of the Lord in the other branch. Is understanding; is the only true, and necessary, and useful knowledge.

Proverbs 9:10

10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.