Proverbs 1:6-7

6for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise. Or understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles

7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools The Hebrew words rendered fool in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient. despise wisdom and instruction.