Pro 1:7, 22-29, Jer 9:6, Joh 3:19-21, Rom 1:28 | ESV | STEP | The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge ; fools despise wisdom and instruction .

p[See ver. 22 above]

q[Job 21:14]

r ch. 8:5

s[ch. 9:39]

tSee ch. 1:4, 5, 9

u[Isa. 30:10; Jer. 5:31]

v ch. 7:7

w[Job 24:13; Rom. 13:12; Eph. 5:13]

aa ver. 24, 26

Proverbs 1:7

7 ^aThe fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 1:22-29

22 “How long, O ^bsimple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will ^cscoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools ^dhate knowledge?
23 If you turn at my reproof, ^{▼▼Or Will you turn away at my reproof?}
behold, I will ^fpour out my spirit to you;
I will make my words known to you.
24 ^gBecause I have called and ^hyou refused to listen,
have ⁱstretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
25 because you have ^jignored all my counsel
and ^kwould have none of my reproof,
26 I also ^lwill laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when ^mterror strikes you,
27 when terror strikes you like ⁿa storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.
28 ^oThen they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
29 Because they ^phated knowledge
and ^qdid not choose the fear of the Lord,

Jeremiah 9:6

6 Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit,
^rthey refuse to know me, declares the Lord.

John 3:19-21

19 ^sAnd this is the judgment: ^tthe light has come into the world, and ^upeople loved the darkness rather than the light because ^vtheir works were evil. 20 ^wFor everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, ^xlest his works should be exposed. 21 But whoever ^ydoes what is true ^zcomes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”

Romans 1:28

28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, ^aaGod gave them up to ^aba debased mind to do ^acwhat ought not to be done.