5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great? …
All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)Job had asked, long before this, Where shall wisdom be found? Whence cometh wisdom ? ( Job 28:12 , 20 ) and he had given this general answer (Job 28:23), God knoweth the place of it; but Solomon here goes further, and tells us both where we may find it and how we may get it. We are here told, I. What means we must use that we may obtain wisdom. 1. We must closely attend to the word of God, for tha…
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