A Stroll Through Proverbs: Proverbs 1:7-9

 Proverbs 1:7-9

Personal: Perspective of God

 

¶ 7. “^(a)The fear [reverence and respect; reverent esteem] of the LORD [YHWH/Jehovah] is the beginning [principle part; origin] of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

            ^(a)Job 28:28, Psalm 111:10, Ecclesiastes 13:13, Proverbs 9:10 [where wisdom also starts]

 

Personal: Obedience to Parents

 

8. ^(a)My son [heed; call to attention], hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

            ^(a)Proverbs 4:1

9. For they shall be an [a complimenting] ornament of ^(a)grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.”

            ^(a)Proverbs 3:22