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Proverbs 15:33
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Proverbs 15:33
33The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
33*The feare of the LORD is the instruction of wisedome; and before honour is humilitie.
- Chap.18.12
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 15:33
Alarm or dread; reverent awe; as a verb, to be afraid, revere, or cause fear.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
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instruction
Teaching, correction, discipline, or precepts that impart wisdom and direct conduct.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Sound judgment and the right use of knowledge; skill, discernment, or understanding.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Lowliness or humbleness of mind.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
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Open the full verse study12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
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Open the full verse study7¶ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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Open the full verse study10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
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Open the full verse study11Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
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Open the full verse study10The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
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Open the full verse study28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
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Open the full verse study6Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:
7For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
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Open the full verse study23A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
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Open the full verse study11For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
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Open the full verse study5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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Open the full verse study13The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
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