Proverbs 9:10

Proverbs 9:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
• New International Version (NIV)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Context of Proverbs 9:10

8Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you. 9Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning. The beginning of wisdom is to fear the Lord, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding. 11For because of me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life. 12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker, you alone must bear it.

Proverbs 9:10 word by word

תְּחִלַּ֣ת חָ֭כְמָה יִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְדַ֖עַת קְדֹשִׁ֣ים בִּינָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The fearיִרְאָהyir'âh · fearH3374
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• the beginningתְּחִלָּהtechillâh · beginningH8462
• of wisdomחׇכְמָהchokmâh · wisdomH2451
• and the knowledgeדַּ֫עַתda‛ath · knowledgeH1847
• of the holyקָדוֹשׁqâdôsh qâdôsh · holyH6918
• understandingבִּינָהbîynâh · understandingH998

Cross-references for Proverbs 9:10

• Proverbs 1:7Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
• Job 28:28And he said to mankind, ‘The fear of the Lord – that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
• Psalms 111:10To obey the Lord is the fundamental principle for wise living; all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever.
• Ecclesiastes 12:13Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
• Proverbs 2:5then you will understand how to fear the Lord, and you will discover knowledge about God.
• Proverbs 30:3I have not learned wisdom, nor do I have knowledge of the Holy One.
• 1 Chronicles 28:9“And you, Solomon my son, obey the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.
• Matthew 11:27All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.
• John 17:3Now this is eternal life – that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
• 1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us insight to know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.

Commentaries on Proverbs 9:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10The fear of the Lord - See on Proverbs 1:7; (note). The knowledge of the holy; קדשים kedoshim, of the holy ones: Sanctorum, of the saints - Vulgate. boulh agiwn, the counsel of the holy persons.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10The holy - The word in the Hebrew is plural, agreeing, probably, with אלהים 'elohı̂ym understood (so in Proverbs 30:3). The knowledge of the Most Holy One stands as the counterpart to the fear of Yahweh.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-12fear of the LORD: Refer to study note on Proverbs 1:7.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. (Compare Pr 1:7). of the holy--literally, "holies," persons or things, or both. This knowledge gives right perception.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Proverbs 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings