Proverbs 1
Treated in 24 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 1:7 Knowledge begins with the fear of the LORD, but fools treat wisdom and discipline with contempt. 6
- 1:26 so when ruin comes to you, I too will laugh; when the thing you dread arrives, I will jeer, 4
- 1:8 My son, listen when your father corrects you, and do not let go of what your mother teaches you. 3
- 1:24 But since I called and you would not come, since I held out my hand and no one took notice, 3
- 1:22 "You naive people, how much longer will you love being naive? How long will mockers enjoy their mocking, and fools hate knowledge? 2
- 1:25 since you brushed aside all my advice and would have no part of my correction, 2
- 1:33 But anyone who listens to me will live securely, at rest and free from the fear of harm." 2
- 1:1 These are the proverbs of Solomon, David's son, king of Israel. 1
- 1:11 If they say, "Come with us; let us lie in wait to shed blood; let us set an ambush for the innocent, for no reason; 1
- 1:12 let us gulp them down alive, as Sheol does, whole, like people going down into the pit; 1
- 1:13 we will come away with riches of every kind and pack our houses with what we take; 1
- 1:14 join your lot to ours; there will be one purse for all of us," 1
- 1:17 It is useless to spread a net in full view of any bird. 1
- 1:23 Turn back when I rebuke you, and I will pour out my heart to you and make my words known to you. 1
- 1:27 when terror sweeps over you like a storm and ruin like a whirlwind, when trouble and hardship close in on you. 1
- 1:28 Then they will cry out to me, but I will give no answer; they will search hard for me without finding me. 1
- 1:29 All this because they hated knowledge, and the fear of the LORD was not what they chose. 1
- 1:30 They refused my advice and treated every correction I gave with contempt. 1
- 1:31 So they will eat what their own way of life has produced and have more than enough of their own schemes. 1
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Where it is preached
- Growing in Wisdom ·
Ten Key Scriptures for Students cites Proverbs 1:7
…Application: Memorise at least two verses each week and share them with a friend. 6. Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and…
- Tell Me the Story – Book 9: Songs and Wise Words ·
Where Wisdom Starts cites Proverbs 1:1–7
…all in Jesus. When we know Him, we have the wisest teacher of all. Read it in your Bible: Proverbs 1:1–7; 9:10; 3:13–15 Dear God, please give me wisdom. Help me to love you and respect you, and…
- The Key Teachings of John Calvin ·
The Knowledge of God and of Ourselves cites PROVERBS 1:7
…fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. PROVERBS 1:7 This is why Calvin distrusts idle speculation. He has no patience with people who ask…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Tenth Stage cites Prov. 1:7
…the word, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” Job 28:28; Psalm 111:10; Prov. 1:7; 9:10. Hopeful: How will you describe right fear? Christian: True or right fear is…
- The Big Story ·
Songs and Wisdom cites Proverbs 1:7
…fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline” (Proverbs 1:7). That “fear” isn’t terror. It means awe, taking God seriously. Real wisdom starts with…
- Selected Sermons of George Whitefield ·
The Care of the Soul Urged as the One Thing Needful cites Prov. 1:7
…preserved in which he testifies, that “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,” Prov. 1:7, 9, 10, and those Proverbs, in almost every line of which, they who neglect God and their…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Christ's Prophetic Office cites Prov 1:7
…learn. Men may teach others, but they have no mind to learn. ‘Fools despise instruction.’ Prov 1:7. They rage at the word, as if a patient should rage at the physician when he brings him a…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.5 The Fifth Commandment cites Prov 1: 8
…counsel, ‘Hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.’ Prov 1: 8. Parents are, as it were, in the room of God; if they would teach you the fear of the…
- Rooted – 30 Days with God for Youth – Book 5 ·
Day 5 — When Parents Say No cites Proverbs 1:8–9
…mother. For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.” — Proverbs 1:8–9 (BSB) “Can I go to the sleepover?” “No.” “Can I get that game?” “No.” “Can I stay up…
- Real Questions – Book 2 ·
Do I Have to Obey My Parents? cites Proverbs 1:8
…my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother” (Proverbs 1:8). Many rules that feel unfair at fifteen make sense at twenty-five. You can disagree…
- The Bruised Reed ·
Means to make Grace victorious cites Prov. i. 17
…ill of punishment. In vain is the net spread in the eyes of that which hath wings, Prov. i. 17. Whilst the soul is kept aloft, there is little danger of snares below; we lose our high…
- Communion with God ·
What it is wherein we have peculiar fellowship with the Lord Christ cites Prov. i. 22
…calls them “simple ones,” “fools,” and “scorners,” that despise his gracious invitation, Prov. i. 22. There are none who despise Christ, but only they that know him not; whose eyes the god…
- Holiness ·
The Ruler of the Waves cites Prov. i. 22
…behold I will pour out my Spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.” (Prov. i. 22, 23.) I believe the crowning sin of Judas Iscariot was that he would not seek pardon and…
- Old Paths ·
The Holy Ghost cites Prov. i. 23
…how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him.” (Prov. i. 23; Luke xi. 13.) There is warrant in the experience of thousands for doing it. Thousands…
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Dealing with the Willful and the Deluded cites Prov. i. 24
…upon it. Romans vi. 23; Heb. x. 28, 29; Heb. xii. 25; Mark xvi. 16; Prov. xxix. 1, and Prov. i. 24‒33, are passages which are good for this purpose. Then there are those who say “I cannot…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Justice of God cites Prov 1:24
…he will not be healed, is the surgeon bound to heal him? ‘I have called, and ye refused.’ Prov 1:24. ‘Israel would none of me.’ Psa 81:11: God is not bound to force his mercies upon men. If…
- Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards ·
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God cites Prov. i. 25
…far from pitying you when you cry to him, that ’tis said he will only “laugh and mock,” Prov. i. 25, 26, &c. How awful are those words, Isaiah lxiii. 3, which are the words of the great…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.3 The Third Commandment cites Prov 1: 26
…name in vain. Tremble at it. Such as mock at Scripture, God will mock at their calamity. Prov 1: 26. (3) That bring Scripture to countenance any sin. The word, which was written for the…
- The Ten Commandments ·
3.3 The Wrath of God cites Prov 1: 26
…them? God will not. They derided his Spirit, and he will now laugh at their calamity. Prov 1: 26. The saints will not pity them. They persecuted them upon earth, therefore they will…
- The Bruised Reed ·
Reproof of such as sin against this merciful disposition in Christ. Of quenching the Spirit cites Prov. i. 26
…stretcheth out her hand and men refuse, then Wisdom will laugh at men’s destruction, Prov. i. 26. Salvation itself will not save those that spill the potion, and cast away the plaster. A…
- The God of All Comfort ·
The Lord Our Dwelling Place cites Proverbs 1:33
…these “what-ifs” drop out of our lives. We shall be “at ease, without dread of disaster” (Proverbs 1:33), for no threats of evil can penetrate God’s tower. Even when walking through the valley…
- Morning by Morning ·
July cites Proverbs 1:33
…6 “Whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.” (Proverbs 1:33) Divine love is rendered conspicuous when it shines in the midst of judgments. Fair is…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Eighth Stage cites Prov. 1:11-14
…I would become one of them. 2. Or go back from whence I came. 3. Or die upon the place. Prov. 1:11-14. To the first I answered, I had been a true man for a long season, and therefore it could…
- Practical Religion ·
Self-Exertion cites Prov. i. 24-31
…shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices." (Prov. i. 24-31.) Some reader of this paper may be one of those who neither like the faith nor practice…