Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
KJV

Sirach 25:12

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of his love: and faith is the beginning of cleaving unto him.

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of his love: and faith is the beginning of cleaving to him.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
GNV1560View canonical →
[Blessed is the man, vnto whome it is granted to haue the feare of God.] Vnto whome shal he be likened that hathe atteined it?
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha