The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Fear. Thus we arrive at charity. (St. Augustine, in ep. Jo. ix.; Job xxviii. 28.) This fear includes religion, but not barren speculations. (Calmet)
It implies a desire to act, and not simply to understand.