17 Let not your heart (A)envy sinners,
    but continue in (B)the fear of the Lord all the day.

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14 Blessed is the one who (A)fears the Lord[a] always,
    but whoever (B)hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:14 Hebrew lacks the Lord

17 And if you (A)call on him as Father who (B)judges (C)impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves (D)with fear throughout the time of your exile,

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Since we have these promises, beloved, (A)let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body[a] and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 7:1 Greek flesh

31 So (A)the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And (B)walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, (C)it multiplied.

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16 (A)Better is a little with the fear of the Lord
    than great treasure and trouble with it.

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He Will Not Forsake His Saints

[a] Of David.

37 (A)Fret not yourself because of evildoers;
    be not (B)envious of wrongdoers!
For they will soon (C)fade like (D)the grass
    and wither (E)like the green herb.

(F)Trust in the Lord, and do good;
    (G)dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
  2. Psalm 37:3 Or and feed on faithfulness, or and find safe pasture

For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity;[a] but[b] (A)God is the one you must fear.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:7 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verse 10 (see note on 1:2)
  2. Ecclesiastes 5:7 Or For when dreams and vanities increase, words also grow many; but

31 (A)Do not envy (B)a man of violence
    and do not choose any of his ways,

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10 (A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
    all those who practice it have (B)a good understanding.
    His (C)praise endures forever!

The Righteous Will Never Be Moved

112 [a] (D)Praise the Lord!
(E)Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
    who (F)greatly delights in his commandments!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 112:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each line beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet

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] 14 For (B)God will bring every deed into judgment, with[b] every secret thing, whether good or evil.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 12:13 Or the duty of all mankind
  2. Ecclesiastes 12:14 Or into the judgment on

24 Be not (A)envious of evil men,
    nor desire to be (B)with them,

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(A)For I was (B)envious of the arrogant
    when I saw the (C)prosperity of the wicked.

For they have no pangs until death;
    their bodies are fat and sleek.
They are not in trouble as others are;
    they are not (D)stricken like the rest of mankind.
Therefore pride is (E)their necklace;
    violence covers them as (F)a garment.
Their (G)eyes swell out through fatness;
    their hearts overflow with follies.

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