Quotes related to Proverbs 1:7
A man's wisdom is his best friend; folly, his worst enemy.
— William Temple
If the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, then growing in our knowledge of God is always practical.
— Kevin DeYoung
The mental disease of the present generation is impatience of study, contempt of the great masters of ancient wisdom, and a disposition to rely wholly upon unassisted genius and natural sagacity.
— Samuel Johnson
Knowledge is the antidote to fear
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is no wisdom but that which is founded on the fear of God, which Solomon also declares to be the chief part of wisdom.
— John Calvin
How is it that there are not many who are led by sermons to forsake open sin? Do you know what I think? That is because preachers have too much worldly wisdom.
— Teresa of Avila
Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom.
— Paul Tillich
You can't trust God to be unmerciful. There you have the beginning of all wisdom.
— Robert Frost
The difference between a learned man and an ignorant one is the same as that between a living man and a corpse.
— Aristotle
The learning of the Christian man ought to begin with the fear of God.
— Thomas Cranmer
When men no longer fear God, they transgress His laws without hesitation. The fear of consequences is no deterrent when the fear of God is gone.
— AW Tozer
I believe in God. I don't fear man, I fear God.
— Denzel Washington