Pro 1:7, 23:9, Isa 49:7, 53:10, Luk 10:16, Act 13:41, Jude 8 | ESV | STEP | The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge ; fools despise wisdom and instruction .

Proverbs 1:7

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

Proverbs 23:9

9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
for he will despise the good sense of your words.

Isaiah 49:7

7 Thus says the Lord,
^bthe Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One,
^cto one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation,
the servant of rulers:
^d“Kings shall see and arise;
princes, and they shall prostrate themselves;
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

Isaiah 53:10

10 Yet ^eit was the will of the Lord to crush him;
he has put him to grief; ^{▼▼Or he has made him sick}
^gwhen his soul makes ^{▼▼Or when you make his soul} an offering for guilt,
he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;
ⁱthe will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

Luke 10:16

16 ^j“The one who hears you hears me, and ^kthe one who rejects you rejects me, and ^lthe one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

Acts 13:41

41 ^m“‘Look, you scoffers,
be astounded and perish;
for I am doing a work in your days,
a work that you will not believe, even if one tells it to you.’”

Jude 8

8 Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and ⁿblaspheme the glorious ones.