He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”
Psalm 19:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 the fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever; the ordinances of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: The judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The [reverent] fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the ordinances of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. American Standard Version (1901) The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever: The ordinances of Jehovah are true, and righteous altogether. Common English Bible Honoring the LORD is correct, lasting forever. The LORD’s judgments are true. All of these are righteous! Catholic Public Domain Version They have been bound, and they have fallen. But we have risen up, and we have been set upright. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They are bound, and have fallen; but we are risen, and are set upright. O Lord, save the king: and hear us in the day that we shall call upon thee. |
He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”
On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:
As soon as I have gone from you, the spirit of the Lord will carry you I know not where; so, when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although I your servant have revered the Lord from my youth.
The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took food and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so because of the fear of God.
Their ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of their sight; as for their foes, they scoff at them.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever.
Happy are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord.
I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to observe your righteous ordinances.
Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is the truth.
I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous ordinances.
I know, O Lord, that your judgments are right and that in faithfulness you have humbled me.
You, O Lord, will protect us; you will guard us from this generation forever.
Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in their hearts; there is no fear of God before their eyes.
Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains; your judgments are like the great deep; you save humans and animals alike, O Lord.
The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.
In the path of your judgments, O Lord, we have placed hope; your name and your renown are the soul’s desire.
I did not speak in secret in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, “Seek me in chaos.” I the Lord speak the truth; I declare what is right.
They answered, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous 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.”
Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen but God’s kindness toward you, if you continue in his kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
We know that God’s judgment on those who do such things is in accordance with truth.
And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this entire law that I am setting before you today?
And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: “Great and amazing are your deeds, Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, King of the nations!
And I heard the altar respond, “Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty, your judgments are true and just!”
for his judgments are true and just; he has judged the great whore who corrupted the earth with her prostitution, and he has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”
Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart, for consider what great things he has done for you.