Exodus 1:17
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17 But the midwives (A)feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.
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Acts 5:29
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29 But Peter and the apostles answered, (A)“We must obey God rather than men.
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Exodus 1:21
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21 And because the midwives feared God, (A)he gave them families.
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Luke 12:5
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5 But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him (A)who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell.[a] Yes, I tell you, fear him!
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- Luke 12:5 Greek Gehenna
Matthew 10:28
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28 And (A)do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him (B)who can destroy both soul and body in hell.[a]
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- Matthew 10:28 Greek Gehenna
Ecclesiastes 12:13
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13 The end of the matter; all has been heard. (A)Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.[a]
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- Ecclesiastes 12:13 Or the duty of all mankind
Acts 4:18-20
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18 So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and John answered them, (A)“Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, 20 for (B)we cannot but speak of what (C)we have seen and heard.”
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Daniel 3:16-18
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16 (A)Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If this be so, (B)our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.[a] 18 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”
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- Daniel 3:17 Or If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us, he will deliver us from the burning fiery furnace and out of your hand, O king
Proverbs 16:6
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6 By (A)steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for,
and by (B)the fear of the Lord one (C)turns away from evil.
Ecclesiastes 8:12
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12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and (A)prolongs his life, yet I know that (B)it will be well with (C)those who fear God, because they fear before him.
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Psalm 31:19
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19 Oh, how abundant is your goodness,
which you have stored up for those who fear you
and worked for those who take refuge in you,
(A)in the sight of the children of mankind!
Genesis 42:18
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18 On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, (A)for I fear God:
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Hosea 5:11
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- Hosea 5:11 Or to follow human precepts
Proverbs 8:13
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13 (A)The fear of the Lord is (B)hatred of evil.
(C)Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
and (D)perverted speech I hate.
Nehemiah 5:15
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15 The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration[a] forty shekels[b] of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, (A)because of the fear of God.
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- Nehemiah 5:15 Compare Vulgate; Hebrew took from them for food and wine after
- Nehemiah 5:15 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
Micah 6:16
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16 For you have kept the statutes of (A)Omri,[a]
and all the works of the house of (B)Ahab;
and you have walked in their counsels,
that I may make you (C)a desolation, and your[b] inhabitants (D)a hissing;
so you shall bear (E)the scorn of my people.”
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- Micah 6:16 Hebrew For the statutes of Omri are kept
- Micah 6:16 Hebrew its
Proverbs 24:11-12
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11 (A)Rescue those who are being taken away to death;
hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
12 If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”
(B)does not he who (C)weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who (D)keeps watch over your soul know it,
and will he not repay man (E)according to his work?
Genesis 20:11
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11 Abraham said, “I did it because I thought, (A)‘There is no fear of God at all in this place, and (B)they will kill me because of my wife.’
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