Sirach 1:16
Good News Translation
To fear the Lord is Wisdom at her fullest; she satisfies us completely with her gifts

New Revised Standard Version
To fear the Lord is fullness of wisdom; she inebriates mortals with her fruits;

Contemporary English Version
Respect and obey the Lord-- this is complete Wisdom. Be drunk on the wine of Wisdom,

New American Bible
The beginning of wisdom is to fear the Lord; she is created with the faithful in the womb.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Sirach 1:14
The love of God is honourable wisdom.

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 1:17
The fear of the Lord is the religiousness of knowledge.

Sirach 1:18
Religiousness shall keep and justify the heart, it shall give joy and gladness.

Context
Sirach 1
15And they to whom she shall shew herself love her by the sight, and by the knowledge of her great works. 16The 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. 17The fear of the Lord is the religiousness of knowledge.…
Cross References
Sirach 1:14
The love of God is honourable wisdom.

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 1:17
The fear of the Lord is the religiousness of knowledge.

Sirach 1:18
Religiousness shall keep and justify the heart, it shall give joy and gladness.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 1:15
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