Neh 5:9, 15, Psa 36:1, Pro 16:6, Rom 3:18 | ESV | STEP | So I said , The thing that you are doing is not good . Ought you not to walk in the fear of our God to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies ?

Nehemiah 5:9

9 So I said, “The thing that you are doing is not good. Ought you not to walk ^ain the fear of our God ^bto prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies?

Nehemiah 5:15

15 The 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, ^ebecause of the fear of God.

Psalms 36:1

How Precious Is Your Steadfast Love

To the choirmaster. Of David, the ^fservant of the Lord.

1 Transgression speaks to the wicked
deep in his heart; ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac, Jerome (compare Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts in my heart}
^hthere is no fear of God
before his eyes.

Proverbs 16:6

6 By ⁱsteadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for,
and by ^jthe fear of the Lord one ^kturns away from evil.

Romans 3:18

18 ^l“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”