Psalm 25:12
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12 Who are they who fear the Lord?
He will teach them the way that they should choose.
Psalm 37:23
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Psalm 32:8
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8 I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my eye upon you.(A)
John 7:17
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17 Anyone who resolves to do the will of God will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.(A)
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John 8:31-32
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True Disciples
31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”(A)
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Proverbs 1:7
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7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.(A)
Acts 10:22
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22 They answered, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous[a] and God-fearing man who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish people, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear what you have to say.”(A)
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John 3:20-21
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20 For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed.(A) 21 But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.”[a](B)
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Isaiah 50:10
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10 Who among you fears the Lord
and obeys the voice of his servant,
who walks in darkness
and has no light,
yet trusts in the name of the Lord
and relies upon his God?(A)
Ecclesiastes 12:13
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13 The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments, for that is the whole duty of everyone.(A)
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Proverbs 15:33
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33 The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom,
and humility goes before honor.(A)
Psalm 111:10
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10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all those who practice it[a] have a good understanding.
His praise endures forever.(A)
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2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
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10 and every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(A) 11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion, leading them to believe what is false,(B) 12 so that all who have not believed the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned.(C)
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Isaiah 35:8
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8 A highway shall be there,[a]
and it shall be called the Holy Way;
the unclean shall not travel on it,[b]
but it shall be for God’s people;[c]
no traveler, not even fools, shall go astray.(A)
Proverbs 16:6
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6 By loyalty and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for,
and by the fear of the Lord one avoids evil.(A)
Proverbs 2:5
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5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.(A)
Acts 10:2
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2 He was a devout man who feared God with all his household; he gave alms generously to the people and prayed constantly to God.
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Acts 11:14
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14 he will give you a message by which you and your entire household will be saved.’
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1 John 2:27
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27 As for you, the anointing that you received from him abides in you, so you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, abide in him.[a](A)
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Acts 13:26
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26 “Brothers and sisters,[a] you descendants of Abraham’s family and others who fear God, to us[b] the message of this salvation has been sent.
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