The fear of the Lord teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility.
KJV
The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
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The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom,.... It is "the beginning of wisdom",
Pro 9:10
; it leads unto it, instructs a man in it; by means of it he attains to true spiritual and evangelical wisdom; it teaches him to abstain from sin, and to serve the Lord; and to seek the salvation of his soul in the way God has appointed, which is by his Son Jesus Christ, which to do is the highest wisdom;
and before honour is humility; the fear of God and humility go together, where the one is the other is; and as the one is the way to wisdom, the other is the way to glory; Christ's humiliation was before his exaltation; men are first humbled and laid low in their own eyes, and then they are raised out of their low estate, and are set among princes; and shall inherit the throne of glory, being made kings and priests unto God; it is a frequent saying of Christ's, "he that humbleth himself shall be exalted",
Luk 14:11
; such an one is raised to a high estate of grace, and at last to eternal glory.
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