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Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
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Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”
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The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands.
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Abraham replied, “I said to myself, ‘There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’
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“Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”
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If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands, and last night he rebuked you.”
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May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob took an oath in the name of the Fear of his father Isaac.
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In great fear and distress Jacob divided the people who were with him into two groups, and the flocks and herds and camels as well.
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So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God?”
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On the third day, Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:
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But when they told him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the carts Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.
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The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.
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And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.
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Those officials of Pharaoh who feared the word of the Lord hurried to bring their slaves and their livestock inside.
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But I know that you and your officials still do not fear the Lord God.”
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And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand of the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant.
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But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.
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When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance
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Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.”
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and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills—
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and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills—
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“‘Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but fear your God. I am the Lord.
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“‘Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.
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“‘I will set my face against anyone who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute themselves by following them, and I will cut them off from their people.
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“‘A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.’”
