And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.
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Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Puis il dit à l'homme: Voici, la crainte du Seigneur, c'est la sagesse; S'éloigner du mal, c'est l'intelligence.
KJV
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
2: Further, nothing is the beginning of itself. "Now fear of the Lord, that is wisdom," according to Job 28:28. Therefore it seems that fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. Objection 3: Further, nothing is prior to the beginning. But something is prior to fear, since faith…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
Therefore wisdom should be called a virtue rather than a gift. Objection 3: Further, it is written ( Job 28:28 ): "Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil, that is understanding." And in this passage according to the rendering of the Septuagint which…
Thomas Aquinas
On Nature and Grace
fear is not the beginning of wisdom. 2. Again, nothing is the beginning of itself. But it is said in Job 28:28 : “Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom.” Hence it seems that fear is not the beginning of wisdom. 3. Again, there is nothing prior to a beginning. But there is…
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