Exodus 1:17

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But the midwives feared God, and so they did not act according to the precept of the king of Egypt, but they kept the males safe.

Cross References

Genesis 20:11

Abraham responded: "I thought to myself, saying: Perhaps there is no fear of God in this place. And they will put me to death because of my wife.

Genesis 42:18

Then, on the third day, he brought them out of prison, and he said: "Do as I have said, and you will live. For I fear God.

2 Samuel 24:4

But the words of the king prevailed over the words of Joab and the leaders of the army. And so Joab and the leaders of the military departed from the face of the king, so that they might number the people of Israel.

Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors, the ones who had been before me, were a burden to the people, and they took from them bread and wine, and forty shekels of money each day. And their officials also oppressed the people. But I did not do so, out of fear of God.

Esther 3:3

And so, in the third year of his reign, he made a great feast for all the leaders and his servants, for the most powerful among the Persians and the distinguished among the Medes, and for the rulers of the provinces before him,

Exodus 1:18

And summoning them, the king said, "What did you intend to do, so that you would save the boys?"

Exodus 1:21

And because the midwives feared God, he built houses for them.

Proverbs 16:6

By mercy and truth, iniquity is redeemed. And by the fear of the Lord, one turns away from evil.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord hates evil. I detest arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Let us all listen together to the end of the discourse. Fear God, and observe his commandments. This is everything for man.

Ecclesiastes 8:12

But although a sinner may do evil of himself one hundred times, and by patience still endure, I realize that it will be well with those who fear God, who revere his face.

Daniel 6:13

Then they answered and said before the king, "Daniel, of the sons of the captivity of Judah, is not concerned about your law, nor about the decree that you have established, but three times a day he prays his supplication."

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim has been enduring malicious slander and broken judgment, because he began to go after filth.

Micah 6:16

For you have kept the precepts of Omri, and all the works of the house of Ahab. And you have walked according their wills, so that I should give you over to perdition and its hissing inhabitants, and you would carry the disgrace of my people.

Matthew 10:28

And do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But instead fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Hell.

Luke 12:5

But I will reveal to you whom you should fear. Fear him who, after he will have killed, has the power to cast into Hell. So I say to you: Fear him.

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the Apostles responded by saying: "It is necessary to obey God, more so than men.

1 Samuel 22:17

And the king said to the emissaries who were standing around him: "You shall turn, and put to death the priests of the Lord. For their hand is with David. They knew that he had fled, and they did not reveal it to me." But the servants of the king were not willing to extend their hands against the priests of the Lord.