Provérbios 1

Provérbios 1:7

Barnes - The beginning of wisdom is found in the temper of reverence and awe. The fear of the finite in the presence of the Infinite, of the sinful in the presence of the Holy (compare Job 42:5-6), this for the Israelite was the starting-point of all true wisdom. In the Book of Job 28:28 it appears as an oracle accompanied by the noblest poetry. In Psalm 111:10 it comes as the choral close of a temple hymn. Here it is the watchword of a true ethical education. This fear has no torment, and is compatible with child-like love. But this and not love is the “beginning of wisdom.” Through successive stages and by the discipline of life, love blends with it and makes it perfect. ESV Study Bible - Fear in response to a manifestation of God’s presence involves both reverent awe and a healthy fear of God’s displeasure and discipline (cf Acts 5:5)....Any society that commonly assumes that God will not discipline sin in this life or judge it in the next will have no fear of God and will therefore give itself increasingly to evil (Ro 3:18-note). Isaiah calls the fear of the LORD our treasure. (Isa 33:6) John