Where a verse leads
Proverbs 1:7: Where It Appears, and Where It Leads to Christ
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.”Proverbs 1:7
Proverbs 1:7 is one of the verses The Living Bread keeps returning to. It anchors 3 different readings across the site. Each is listed below, with an honest note on how directly it is read of Christ. Read the verse first, then follow it wherever it leads.
Read it in its place
5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: 6 To 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 be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Proverbs 1 · King James Version
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Questions people ask
What does Proverbs 1:7 mean?
Proverbs 1:7 is one of the verses The Living Bread returns to again and again, because it opens onto Christ from several directions at once. Read it in its passage above, then follow the collections below to see how it is read across Scripture, each honestly labeled for how directly it speaks of Jesus.
Where is Proverbs 1:7 in the Bible?
Proverbs 1:7 is found in the book and chapter named in the reference. You can read the whole chapter, in the King James Version, on The Living Bread.
How does Proverbs 1:7 point to Jesus?
Follow the collections gathered on this page. Each one opens Proverbs 1:7 from a different angle, and together they show how the verse, read in its place, leads to Christ, who said that all the Scriptures speak of Him.