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The Fear of the LORD Is the Beginning of Wisdom
The acrostic concludes that fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom and obedience yields understanding. The saying belongs to the Bible’s broad wisdom tradition. The NT identifies Christ with God’s wisdom in important ways, but Psalm 111:10 itself is not quoted as a messianic prophecy.
Psalm 111:10 says the fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, while Proverbs 1:7 says the fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. The shared formulation reveals a foundational wisdom conviction: true understanding begins with rightly ordered reverence before God.
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