Proverbs 9:10

Tertullian

• Tertullian, Ad Nationes II.2Book II

  “Besides, there is that divine oracle uttered by Solomon: “The fear of the Lord,” says he, “is the beginning of wisdom.”” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 10; Ps. cxi. 10.

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Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies III.23Book III

  “Now, “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;” the sense of sin leads to repentance, and God bestows His compassion upon those who are penitent.” — editor's note: Prov. i. 7, Prov. ix. 10.

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, Hexaemeron Homily 1

  “Again, we call “beginning” the essential and first part from which a thing proceeds, such as the foundation of a house, the keel of a vessel; it is in this sense that it is said, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,” that is to say that piety is, as it were, the groundwork and foundation of perfection.” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 10.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Duties of the Clergy I.50Book I

  “First stands faith, which is a sign of wisdom, as Solomon says, in following his father: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 10, and Ps. cxi. [cx.] 10.

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, The Institutes IV.39Book IV

  ““The beginning” of our salvation and the safeguard of it is, as I said, “the fear of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 10.

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Hippolytus of Rome

• Hippolytus of Rome, The Refutation of All Heresies VI.27Book VI

  “The Creator (acted) from fear; (and) that is what, he says, Scripture affirms: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxi. 10; Prov. i. 7; ix. 10.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.18Book II

  ““The beginning, then, of wisdom is piety, and the knowledge of holy things is understanding; and to know the law is the characteristic of a good understanding.”” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 10.

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• Daniel 7:9

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.27.

• Daniel 7:13

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.27.

• Daniel 7:22

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.27.

• Hebrews 12:29

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.27.

• 1 John 4:18

  Cited together in The Institutes IV.39.

• Genesis 2:2

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.27.

• Deuteronomy 9:3

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.27.

• Psalm 50:3

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.27.

• Psalm 111:10

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.27 and 1 other place.

• Proverbs 1:7

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.27.