Genesis 42:18
18On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, afor I fear God:Exodus 18:21
21Moreover, look for bable men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.2 Samuel 23:3
3The God of Israel has spoken;cthe Rock of Israel has said to me:
When one rules justly over men,
ruling din the fear of God,
1 Kings 18:3
3And Ahab called Obadiah, who was eover the household. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly,1 Kings 18:12
12And as soon as I have gone from you, fthe Spirit of the Lord will carry you I know not where. And so, when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although I your servant have feared the Lord from my youth.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. Job 1:1
Job’s Character and Wealth
1There was a man in the land of jUz whose name was kJob, and that man was lblameless and upright, one who mfeared God and nturned away from evil.
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