Nehemiah 5:15
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15 But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people, and took from them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people, but (A)I did not do so, because of the (B)fear of God.
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Nehemiah 5:9
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9 Then I said, “What you are doing is not good. Should you not walk (A)in the fear of our God (B)because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?
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Isaiah 50:10
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10 “Who among you fears the Lord?
Who obeys the voice of His Servant?
Who (A)walks in darkness
And has no light?
(B)Let him trust in the name of the Lord
And rely upon his God.
Proverbs 16:6
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6 (A)In mercy and truth
Atonement is provided for iniquity;
And (B)by the fear of the Lord one departs from evil.
2 Corinthians 11:9
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9 And when I was present with you, and in need, (A)I was a burden to no one, for what I lacked (B)the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied. And in everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so I will keep myself.
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Matthew 5:47
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47 And if you greet your [a]brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the [b]tax collectors do so?
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- Matthew 5:47 M friends
- Matthew 5:47 NU Gentiles
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
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13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
(A)Fear God and keep His commandments,
For this is man’s all.
14 For (B)God will bring every work into judgment,
Including every secret thing,
Whether good or evil.
Job 31:23
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23 For (A)destruction from God is a terror to me,
And because of His magnificence I cannot endure.
2 Corinthians 12:13
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13 For what is it in which you were inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong!
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Proverbs 29:12
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12 If a ruler pays attention to lies,
All his servants become wicked.
Psalm 147:11
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11 The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him,
In those who hope in His mercy.
Psalm 112:1
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The Blessed State of the Righteous
112 Praise[a] the Lord!
Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
Who (A)delights greatly in His commandments.
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- Psalm 112:1 Heb. Hallelujah
1 Samuel 8:15
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15 He will take a tenth of your grain and your vintage, and give it to his officers and servants.
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1 Samuel 2:15-17
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15 Also, before they (A)burned the fat, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who sacrificed, “Give meat for roasting to the priest, for he will not take boiled meat from you, but raw.”
16 And if the man said to him, “They should really burn the fat first; then you may take as much as your heart desires,” he would then answer him, “No, but you must give it now; and if not, I will take it by force.”
17 Therefore the sin of the young men was very great (B)before the Lord, for men (C)abhorred[a] the offering of the Lord.
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- 1 Samuel 2:17 despised
Luke 18:2-4
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2 saying: “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor [a]regard man. 3 Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, [b]‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’ 4 And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, ‘Though I do not fear God nor regard man,
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