Job 28:28

WEB

²⁸To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord,^[+] that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”

KJV

²⁸And unto man^[+] he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

BSB

²⁸And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

FBV

²⁸He said to humankind, ‘To reverence the Lord is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

Extra References

Psalms 111:10

¹⁰The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

Proverbs 1:7

⁷The fear of the LORD ^[+] is the beginning of knowledge, but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 9:10

¹⁰The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Proverbs 3:7

⁷Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

¹³This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

⁶Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who shall hear all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

James 3:13-17

¹³Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom. ¹⁴But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth. ¹⁵This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic. ¹⁶For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed. ¹⁷But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Psalms 34:14

¹⁴Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

Proverbs 8:26-32

²⁶while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world. ²⁷When he established the heavens, I was there. When he set a circle on the surface of the deep, ²⁸when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong, ²⁹when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, ³⁰then I was the craftsman by his side. I was a delight day by day, always rejoicing before him, ³¹rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men. ³²“Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.

Proverbs 16:17

¹⁷The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.