Holy Scripture
Proverbs 22:4
A church father on this verse
“The reward of humility is the fear of the Lord, etc. By humility, he means the steadfastness of good works; by the fear of the Lord, he means that fear which remains forever. Since indeed the perfection of virtues is to ascend to this state of mind, by which we greatly fear to offend the grace of the Creator even in t…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
4The fear of the Lord is the offspring of wisdom, And wealth, and glory, and life.
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2The rich and the poor meet together; But the Lord made them both.
3An intelligent man seeing a bad man severely punished is himself instructed, But fools pass by and are punished.
— Proverbs 22:4 —
5Thistles and snares are in perverse ways; But he that keeps his soul will refrain from them.