^40 (A)that they may fear You all the days that they live in the land which You gave to our fathers.

⁵ Then a voice came from the throne, saying, ^(A)“Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, ^(B)both^[a] small and great!”

²⁸ Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we ^[a]may ^(A)serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.

^2 (A)a devout man and one who ^(B)feared God with all his household, who gave ^[a]alms generously to the people, and prayed to God always.

The Church Prospers

^31 (A)Then the ^[a]churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were ^(B)edified.^[b] And walking in the ^(C)fear of the Lord and in the ^(D)comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were ^(E)multiplied.

⁵ Afterward the children of Israel shall return and ^(A)seek the Lord their God and ^(B)David their king. They shall fear the Lord and His goodness in the ^(C)latter days.

³⁹ then I will ^(A)give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them. ⁴⁰ And ^(B)I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but ^(C)I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me.