Proverbs 14:2
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2 Those who follow the right path fear the Lord;
those who take the wrong path despise him.
2 Timothy 3:2-3
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2 For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. 3 They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good.
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Acts 10:35
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35 In every nation he accepts those who fear him and do what is right.
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Proverbs 28:6
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6 Better to be poor and honest
than to be dishonest and rich.
Job 28:28
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28 And this is what he says to all humanity:
‘The fear of the Lord is true wisdom;
to forsake evil is real understanding.’”
Romans 2:4-5
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4 Don’t you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can’t you see that his kindness is intended to turn you from your sin?
5 But because you are stubborn and refuse to turn from your sin, you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself. For a day of anger is coming, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
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Acts 9:31
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31 The church then had peace throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, and it became stronger as the believers lived in the fear of the Lord. And with the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, it also grew in numbers.
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Psalm 112:1
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Psalm 112[a]
1 Praise the Lord!
How joyful are those who fear the Lord
and delight in obeying his commands.
Footnotes
- 112 This psalm is a Hebrew acrostic poem; after the introductory note of praise, each line begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Psalm 25:21
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21 May integrity and honesty protect me,
for I put my hope in you.
Acts 10:22
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22 They said, “We were sent by Cornelius, a Roman officer. He is a devout and God-fearing man, well respected by all the Jews. A holy angel instructed him to summon you to his house so that he can hear your message.”
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Luke 16:14
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14 The Pharisees, who dearly loved their money, heard all this and scoffed at him.
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Luke 10:16
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16 Then he said to the disciples, “Anyone who accepts your message is also accepting me. And anyone who rejects you is rejecting me. And anyone who rejects me is rejecting God, who sent me.”
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Malachi 2:5-6
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5 “The purpose of my covenant with the Levites was to bring life and peace, and that is what I gave them. This required reverence from them, and they greatly revered me and stood in awe of my name. 6 They passed on to the people the truth of the instructions they received from me. They did not lie or cheat; they walked with me, living good and righteous lives, and they turned many from lives of sin.
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Proverbs 19:1
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19 Better to be poor and honest
than to be dishonest and a fool.
Proverbs 16:17
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17 The path of the virtuous leads away from evil;
whoever follows that path is safe.
Proverbs 11:12
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12 It is foolish to belittle one’s neighbor;
a sensible person keeps quiet.
Proverbs 2:15
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15 Their actions are crooked,
and their ways are wrong.
Psalm 123:3-4
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3 Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy,
for we have had our fill of contempt.
4 We have had more than our fill of the scoffing of the proud
and the contempt of the arrogant.
Job 1:1
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Prologue
1 There once was a man named Job who lived in the land of Uz. He was blameless—a man of complete integrity. He feared God and stayed away from evil.
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1 Kings 3:6
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6 Solomon replied, “You showed great and faithful love to your servant my father, David, because he was honest and true and faithful to you. And you have continued to show this great and faithful love to him today by giving him a son to sit on his throne.
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Ecclesiastes 12:13
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13 That’s the whole story. Here now is my final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commands, for this is everyone’s duty.
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Job 12:4
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4 Yet my friends laugh at me,
for I call on God and expect an answer.
I am a just and blameless man,
yet they laugh at me.
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