(KJV)Psalm 111:10
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments : his praise endureth for ever.

(KJV)Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

(KJV)Proverbs 2:5
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord , and find the knowledge of God.


Fearing God keeps us in line, because He punishes evil. The best way to explain it is this. A child fears doing something wrong and getting punished by their parents. It's this fear, that leads the child to not do anything stupid. It is also because of this, why spankings are now thought to be evil. With my own eyes, I have seen the ill effects of it. Children get everything they want, thus losing respect of the parents and when the parents DO try to assert authority, the child pays them no mind. Note, that fear also includes respect. A LOT of people do not respect the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and thus, we see many hypocrites.


(KJV)Proverbs 13:24
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.


(KJV)Hebrews 12:5-17
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

[6] For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

[7] If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

[8] But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

[9] Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us , and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

[10] For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

[11] Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

[12] Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

[13] And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

[14] Follow peace with all men , and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

[15] Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you , and thereby many be defiled;

[16] Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

[17] For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.



Glory be to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob!!!