Genesis 22:12
12He said, a“Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for bnow I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”Genesis 42:18
18On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, cfor I fear God: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, fbecause of the fear of God. Job 1:1
Job’s Character and Wealth
1There was a man in the land of gUz whose name was hJob, and that man was iblameless and upright, one who jfeared God and kturned away from evil.Job 28:28
28And he said to man,‘Behold, lthe fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
and to mturn away from evil is understanding.’”
Psalms 14:4
4 Have they no nknowledge, all the evildoerswho oeat up my people as they eat bread
and pdo not call upon the Lord?
Psalms 36:1-4
How Precious Is Your Steadfast Love
To the choirmaster. Of David, the qservant of the Lord.
1 Transgression speaks to the wickeddeep in his heart; ▼
▼Some Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac, Jerome (compare Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts in my heart
sthere is no fear of God
before his eyes.
2 tFor he flatters himself in his own eyes
that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
3The words of his mouth are utrouble and deceit;
vhe has ceased to act wisely and do good.
4He wplots xtrouble while on his bed;
he sets himself in ya way that is not good;
zhe does not reject evil.
Proverbs 1:7
7 aaThe fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 2:5
5then abyou will understand the fear of the Lordand find the knowledge of God.
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