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Proverbs 1:7Prov.1.7

The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

La crainte de l'Eternel est le commencement de la science; Les insensés méprisent la sagesse et l'instruction.

KJV

The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Patristic reading

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  • Hermas

    The Shepherd of Hermas

    αὶ ἐρευνῶντες περὶ θεότητος καὶ ἀληθείας καὶ τὴν καρδίαν ἔχοντες πρὸς τὸν κύριον, πάντα Ps. 111, 10; Prov. 1, 7; etc. τὰ λεγόμενα αὐτοῖς τάχιον νοοῦσι καὶ συνίουσιν, ta/xion noou=si kai\ suni/ousi Ath (LE), taxu/nousi kai\ noou=si A. ὅτι ἔχουσι τὸν φόβον τοῦ κυρίου ἐν ἑαυτοῖς: ὅπ…
  • Hippolytus

    Refutatio Omnium Haeresium (= Philosophumena)

    αι καὶ ἀπώλετο. 2 δεξιά] vgl. Iren. Ι 5, 1. 6, 1 S. 42. 51 Η., oben zu S. 109, 21 — 3 Psal. 110, 10; Proverb. 1, 7. 9, 10, vgl. VII 26, 2 — 4f vgl. Iren. I 2, 3 S. 16 f — 5-8 Clem. Exe. 37. 38 S. 118, 26 ff St. — 7 Daniel 7, 9. 13. 22; Bousset, Kyrios Christos S. 15 9—12 Clemens…
  • Hippolytus

    Refutatio Omnium Haeresium (= Philosophumena)

    σματι καὶ τῷ θεάματι παρ’ ἐλπίδας εὐηγγελισμένον, καὶ τὸν ἔκπληξιν φόβον κληθῆναι — 7 Psal. 110, 10; Prov. 1, 7. 9, 10, vgl. VI 32, 7 — 11 Ι Kor. 2, 13 — 15 Psal. 31. 5 frei wiedergegeben — 18 vgl. Ephes. 3, 9f 2 τὸ > Jacobi S. 29 4 ἔχων ὑπεράνω ἑαυτοῦ τὸν τοῦ Roeper ö.: τὸν Ρ, >…

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