Psalm 111:10
8 They are forever firm and should be faithfully and properly carried out. 9 He delivered his people; he ordained that his covenant be observed forever. His name is holy and awesome. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;16 all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
11 The words of the sages are like prods, and the collected sayings are like firmly fixed nails; they are given by one shepherd. 12 Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them. There is no end to the making of many books, and much study is exhausting to the body. 13 Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God will evaluate every deed, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.
Notes and References
"... Apart from references to 'sacred fear', Becker distinguishes three main meanings: moral (the fear of God is upright behaviour); cultic (the fear of God is the proper form of worship); legal (nomistisch - the fear of God is the observance of the law). Very decidedly, he puts the fear of the Lord in wisdom writings in the moral category. One can argue for an ethical understanding of the fear of the LORD from the general tenor of wisdom admonitions, and from the parallelism between them or the antithesis. Thus the 'righteous man' is mentioned just before the second occurrence of our saying in Proverbs (9:9). In Job 28:28, the parallel phrase is the ethical "turning from evil"; in Psalm 111:10, the practice of verse 7 ("them"); in Ecclesiastes 12:13, obedience to the commandments ..."
Blocher, Henri The Fear of the Lord as the 'Princple' of Wisdom (pp. 3-28) Tyndale Bulletin Vol. 28, Issue 1, 1977