1 Samuel 12:24
24 aOnly fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider bwhat great things he has done for you.2 Chronicles 19:7
7Now then, let the fear of the Lord be upon you. Be careful what you do, for cthere is no injustice with the Lord our God, dor partiality or taking bribes.”Nehemiah 5:9
9So I said, “The thing that you are doing is not good. Ought you not to walk ein the fear of our God fto prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies?Nehemiah 5:15
15The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration ▼▼Compare Vulgate; Hebrew took from them with food and wine afterward
forty shekels ▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, ibecause of the fear of God. Psalms 19:9
9the fear of the Lord is clean,enduring forever;
the rules ▼
▼Or just decrees
of the Lord are ktrue,and righteous altogether.
Proverbs 1:7
7 lThe fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Jeremiah 22:16
16 mHe judged the cause of the poor and needy;nthen it was well.
Is not this oto know me?
declares the Lord.
Malachi 3:5
5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be pa swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those qwho oppress the hired worker in his wages, rthe widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
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