He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”
1 Kings 18:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah revered the Lord greatly; More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Ahab called Obadiah, who was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly; American Standard Version (1901) And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Jehovah greatly: Common English Bible Ahab had called Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace affairs. (Obadiah greatly feared the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version And Ahab called Obadiah, the manager of his household. Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Achab called Abdias, the governor of his house. Now Abdias feared the Lord very much. |
He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”
Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed, taking all sorts of choice gifts from his master; and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his house, who had charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh,
he is not greater in this house than I am; nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife; how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
you shall be over my house, and all my people shall order themselves as you command; only as regards the throne will I be greater than you.”
On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:
But his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. When he was at Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah,
And as soon as I have gone from you, the Spirit of the Lord will carry you whither I know not; and 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.
So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.
Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant feared the Lord, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”
The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens upon the people, and took from them food and wine, 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.
I gave my brother Hanani and Hananiah the governor of the castle charge over Jerusalem, for he was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many.
And he said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”
Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments!
In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and his children will have a refuge.
Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another; the Lord heeded and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and thought on his name.
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms liberally to the people, and prayed constantly to God.
but in every nation any one who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.