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Proverbs 9:10

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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

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  1. Proverbs 9:8

    Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

  2. Proverbs 9:9

    Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

  3. Proverbs 9:11

    For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

  4. Proverbs 9:12

    If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.