Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation To fear the Lord is the first step to Wisdom. Wisdom is given to the faithful in their mothers' wombs. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The love of God is honourable wisdom. Sirach 1:12The fear of the Lord shall delight the heart, and shall give joy, and gladness, and length of days. Sirach 1:13 With him that feareth the Lord, it shall go well in the latter end, and in the day of his death he shall be blessed. Sirach 1:15 And they to whom she shall shew herself love her by the sight, and by the knowledge of her great works. Sirach 1:16 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and was created with the faithful in the womb, it walketh with chosen women, and is known with the just and faithful. Context Sirach 1…13With him that feareth the Lord, it shall go well in the latter end, and in the day of his death he shall be blessed. 14The love of God is honourable wisdom. 15And they to whom she shall shew herself love her by the sight, and by the knowledge of her great works.… Cross References Sirach 1:12 The fear of the Lord shall delight the heart, and shall give joy, and gladness, and length of days. Sirach 1:13 With him that feareth the Lord, it shall go well in the latter end, and in the day of his death he shall be blessed. Sirach 1:15 And they to whom she shall shew herself love her by the sight, and by the knowledge of her great works. Sirach 1:16 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and was created with the faithful in the womb, it walketh with chosen women, and is known with the just and faithful. |