Genesis 20:11

Bible in Basic English 1965

And Abraham said, Because it seemed to me that there was no fear of God in this place, and that they might put me to death because of my wife.

Cross References

Genesis 12:12

And I am certain that when the men of Egypt see you, they will say, This is his wife: and they will put me to death and keep you.

Genesis 20:10

And Abimelech said to Abraham, Why did you do this thing?

Genesis 20:12

And, in fact, she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:

Genesis 22:12

And he said, Let not your hand be stretched out against the boy to do anything to him; for now I am certain that the fear of God is in your heart, because you have not kept back your son, your only son, from me.

Genesis 26:7

And when he was questioned by the men of the place about his wife, he said, She is my sister; fearing to say, She is my wife; for, he said, the men of the place may put me to death on account of Rebekah; because she is very beautiful.

Genesis 42:18

And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fearing man:

Nehemiah 5:15

But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil.

Job 28:28

And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.

Psalm 14:4

Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

Proverbs 16:6

By mercy and good faith evil-doing is taken away: and by the fear of the Lord men are turned away from evil.

Proverbs 2:5

Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

Romans 3:18

There is no fear of God before their eyes.