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“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.” — Proverbs 1:7 NKJVI’ve often heard that knowledge and wisdom are not the same.I believe it’s true, for knowledge is possessing information (being smart) while wisdom is knowing how to apply the knowledge that you have (being wise).Both are to be desired. Both are needed. Sometimes both seem to be in short supply, but that doesn’t have to be the case.God’s word says it this way: if any lack wisdom, ask God, for He will give it liberally (my paraphrase).A person can have a tremendous amount of knowledge, extensive education plus life experience and still be foolish. All it takes is a lack of “fear of the LORD.”In the original language, we get the word fear from the Hebrew “yirah” which means “reverence.”If God is revered in your life and all of your choices and decisions are filtered through that godly fear, you will be able to look back and see wisdom in action.

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