Roman Catholicism counts this fear as one of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. In Proverbs 15: 33, the fear of the Lord is described as the "discipline '' or "instruction '' of wisdom. Writing in the Catholic Encyclopedia, Jacques Forget explains that this gift "fills us with a sovereign respect for God, and makes us dread, above all things, to offend Him. '' In an April 2006 article published in Inside the Vatican magazine, contributing editor John Mallon writes that the "fear '' in "fear of the Lord '' is often misinterpreted as "servile fear '' (the fear of getting in trouble) when it should be understood as "filial fear '' (the fear of offending someone whom one loves).
what does fear of the lord mean catholic
the "discipline '' or "instruction '' of wisdom