Proverbs 9:10

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; Psalms 111:10

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 9:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The holy - The word in the Hebrew is plural, agreeing, probably, with אלהים 'elohı̂ym understood (so in Proverbs 30:3 ). The knowledge of th...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 9. The Invitations of Wisdom and Folly Contrasted. This section closes with a couple of graphic pictures of Wisdom and Folly personified,...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Understanding— Schultens, Calmet, and many others, render this Prudence; Christian prudence, true prudence, which consists in discerning what is...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Rivals Folly and Wisdom invite guests to their respective houses. The consequences of accepting either of the two invitations are described. W...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The holy] RV 'the Holy One.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Invitation of Wisdom. 1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath h...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Scofield Reference Notes

fear ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 19:9 ).
Sermon Bible Commentary

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;...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 9:1-20 15. Fifteenth admonitory discourse, containing in a parabolic form an invitation of Wisdom ( Proverbs 9:1-20 )...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Banquet of Wisdom
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 9:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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