Judah_Jackie

Prov 1:7 The reverent {and} worshipful fear of the Lord is the beginning {and} the principal {and} choice part of knowledge [its starting point and its essence]; but fools despise skillful {and} godly Wisdom, instruction, {and} discipline.
Prov 1:8 My son, hear the instruction of your father; reject not {nor} forsake the teaching of your mother.
Prov 1:9 For they are a [victor's] chaplet (garland) of grace upon your head and chains {and} pendants [of gold worn by kings] for your neck.
Prov 1:10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
Prov 1:11 If they say, Come with us; let us lie in wait [to shed] blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause [and show that his piety is in vain];
Prov 1:12 Let us swallow them up alive as does Sheol (the place of the dead), and whole, as those who go down into the pit [of the dead];
Prov 1:13 We shall find {and} take all kinds of precious goods [when our victims are put out of the way], we shall fill our houses with plunder;
Prov 1:14 Throw in your lot with us [they insist] {and} be a sworn brother {and} comrade; let us all have one purse in common--
Prov 1:15 My son, do not walk in the way with them; restrain your foot from their path;
Prov 1:16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
Prov 1:17 For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird!
Prov 1:18 But [when these men set a trap for others] they are lying in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.
Prov 1:19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain; such [greed for plunder] takes away the lives of its possessors.
Prov 1:20 Wisdom cries aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the markets;
Prov 1:21 She cries at the head of the noisy intersections [in the chief gathering places]; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
Prov 1:22 How long, O simple ones [open to evil], will you love being simple? And the scoffers delight in scoffing and [self-confident] fools hate knowledge?
Prov 1:23 If you will turn (repent) {and} give heed to my reproof, behold, I [Wisdom] will pour out my spirit upon you, I will make my words known to you.
Prov 1:24 Because I have called and you have refused [to answer], have stretched out my hand and no man has heeded it,
Prov 1:25 And you treated as nothing all my counsel and would accept none of my reproof,
Prov 1:26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when the thing comes that shall cause you terror {and} panic--
Prov 1:27 When your panic comes as a storm {and} desolation and your calamity comes on as a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.
Prov 1:28 Then will they call upon me [Wisdom] but I will not answer; they will seek me early {and} diligently but they will not find me.
Prov 1:29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the reverent {and} worshipful fear of the Lord.

The reverential fear of the Lord "IS" the beginning and only the beginning of wisdom. In all your "getting" and in all your seeking, in today's world there is very little reverence of anything. Reverence for the "sanctuary" to be silent and recognize the reason for a "prelude" is meant for each of us to be silent before the Lord to prepare our hearts to hear, to confess, and to obey. I have seen people selling home interiors, avon, pampered chef products before and after the service with chattering and laughing going on while the prelude is being played. Yes, there is a time for singing, praising with loud high praises, instruments and dancing too in some churches, but the real reason we come to know the wisdom of God is to separate our lives "from" the ways and greed of the world; to revere God and cry out for His wisdom and understanding. God considers the "end" for the fool, and His mercy is new every morning, "but we need always remember," The "fool's end" will teach everyone about the fear of God and we will reap the fool's end if we do not heed God's word and praise His Holy name in our obedience.