The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
But fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7
“But what is the fear of the Lord? It is that affectionate reverence by which the child of God bends himself humbly and carefully to his Father’s law.” (Bridges)
“A worshipping submission to the God of the covenant.” (Kidner)
“‘The fear of the Lord’ ultimately expresses reverential submission to the Lord’s will and thus characterizes a true worshiper.” (Ross)
“The fear of the Lord signifies that religious reverence which every intelligent being owes to his Creator.” (Clarke)
“What the alphabet is to reading, notes to reading music, and numerals to mathematics, the fear of the Lord is to attaining the revealed knowledge of this book.” (Waltke)
“The fall of man was a choosing of what bid fair ‘to make one wise’ (Gen. 3:6) but flouted the first principle of wisdom, the fear of the Lord.” (Kidner)
But fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7
“But what is the fear of the Lord? It is that affectionate reverence by which the child of God bends himself humbly and carefully to his Father’s law.” (Bridges)
“A worshipping submission to the God of the covenant.” (Kidner)
“‘The fear of the Lord’ ultimately expresses reverential submission to the Lord’s will and thus characterizes a true worshiper.” (Ross)
“The fear of the Lord signifies that religious reverence which every intelligent being owes to his Creator.” (Clarke)
“What the alphabet is to reading, notes to reading music, and numerals to mathematics, the fear of the Lord is to attaining the revealed knowledge of this book.” (Waltke)
“The fall of man was a choosing of what bid fair ‘to make one wise’ (Gen. 3:6) but flouted the first principle of wisdom, the fear of the Lord.” (Kidner)