 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...wisdom; and to depart fromevil is- understanding. An analysis of Wisdom and Folly. Proverbs. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge ; but fools despise wisdom and instruction. He that handleth a matter wisely shaM find good ; and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he. The... | |
 | Mrs. Pilkington (Mary) - Women - 1804 - 276 pages
...Macedon 233 Empress Elizabeth of Russia 237 wHISTORICAL BEAUTIES. RELIGION. SENTIMENTS. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. Prmerbt. A great, a good, and a right mind, is a kind of divinity lodged within us, and may be the... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...; to understand the meaning of parables, figures, and other -:-int.4 of instruction. 7 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge : [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction. This verse is a key to the mhole bor.k. By wiidom, he does not mean common sagacity, carolicy, or great... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - Faith - 1805 - 258 pages
...— Behold I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you — The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction — Wisdom crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors: Unto you,... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...a proverb, and the interpretation ; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. 7 It The fear of the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast 5 There shall 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy •mother : 9 For they... | |
 | Samuel Hopkins - Millennium (Eschatology) - 1811 - 506 pages
...consists in love. There it is said, ' : The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Th e fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge : But fools despise wisdom and instruction." And unto man he said, " The fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil, is understanding."... | |
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...beginning of wisdom ; a good understanding have they that do his commandments. Prov. i. 7, The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction ; and ix. 10, The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knoivledge of the Holy is understanding.... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...understand a proverb, and the interpretation ; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge : but fools despise wisdom and instruction. 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother : 9 For they shall... | |
 | Bible - 1815 - 294 pages
...mischievous vanity. A fool uttereth all his mind : but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge : but fools despise wisdom and instruction. Fools die for want of wisdom. The way of a fool is right in his own eyes. A wise man feareth, and departeth... | |
 | Richard Watson - Bible - 1820 - 492 pages
...the book, and see what kind of jests it contains; take the very first as a specimen — " The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction." — Do you perceive any jest in this? The fear of the Lord! What Lord does Solomon mean? He means that... | |
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THE fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. 
