Exodus 1:17

American King James Version (1999)

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

Cross References

Acts 5:29

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

Exodus 1:21

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

Luke 12:5

But I will forewarn you whom you shall fear: Fear him, which after he has killed has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, Fear him.

Matthew 10:28

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

Daniel 6:13

Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regards not you, O king, nor the decree that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.

Proverbs 16:6

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Ecclesiastes 8:12

Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

Psalm 31:19

Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for them that fear you; which you have worked for them that trust in you before the sons of men!

Genesis 42:18

And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the fraudulent mouth, do I hate.

Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable to the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants bore rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

Micah 6:16

For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and you walk in their counsels; that I should make you a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore you shall bear the reproach of my people.

Genesis 20:11

And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.

Exodus 1:18

And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, Why have you done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?

1 Samuel 22:17

And the king said to the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not show it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall on the priests of the LORD.

2 Samuel 24:4

Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

Esther 3:3

Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said to Mordecai, Why transgress you the king's commandment?