Do you want knowledge? What about wisdom? According to the Book of Proverbs, the fear of Yahweh is the beginning of both knowledge and wisdom.

Why is it that fearing Yahweh is related to knowledge and wisdom?

First we probably ought to come to terms with what it is to “fear” Yahweh (God). What usually comes to mind for most of us when we think about fearing God is being afraid of him in the sense that he scares us. Why are we scared of things? Typically it’s because we think whatever it is might hurt us or it could be that we just don’t understanding something, so naturally we’re scared of what might hurt us or what we don’t understand.