Knowledge Starts With God

Proverbs 1:7 New Living Translation (NLT)
7 
Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge,
    but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Proverbs 1:7 New King James Version (NKJV)
7 

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 1:7 English Standard Version (ESV)
7 
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
    fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 1:7 Good News Translation (GNT)
Advice to the Young
7 To have knowledge, you must first have reverence for the Lord. Stupid people have no respect for wisdom and refuse to learn.

Proverbs 1:7 The Message (MSG)
Start with God
7 
Start with God—the first step in learning is bowing down to God;
    only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.

Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge, The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. To have knowledge, you must first have reverence for the Lord. Start with God—the first step in learning is bowing down to God; but fools despise wisdom and discipline, they despise wisdom and instruction. Stupid people have no respect for wisdom and refuse to learn. Those are lost wanderers. They want to live of themselves and not hear the instruction of anyone that it interferes with them. These kind of people have no respect for knowledge, wisdom or learning of instruction. These are the type of people like those rioting right now in our life. These are people who have grew up close minded and ignorant. We need to pray for these people to release their ignorance and become open to a new knowledge. only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning. These type of people think they are higher in power than others usually. They need to learn to bow to only God. This is where true love and knowledge is learned.