Exodus 20:20

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Moses responded to the people, ‘Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, so that you will fear him and will not  sin.’

Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:3

do not listen to that prophet’s words or to that dreamer. For the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul.

Proverbs 3:7

Don’t be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

1 Samuel 12:20

Samuel replied, ‘Don’t be afraid. Even though you have committed all this evil, don’t turn away from following the Lord.  Instead, worship the Lord with all your heart.

Isaiah 8:13

You are to regard only the  Lord of Armies as holy. Only he should be feared; only he should be held in awe.

Proverbs 16:6

Iniquity is atoned for by loyalty and faithfulness, and one turns from evil by the fear of the  Lord.

Job 28:28

He said to mankind, ‘The fear of the Lord #– #that is wisdom. And to turn from evil is understanding.’

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these forty years in the wilderness, so that he might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.

Genesis 22:1

After these things God tested Abraham  and said to him, ‘Abraham! ’ ‘Here I am,’ he answered.

Isaiah 41:10

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will help you; I will hold on to you with my righteous right hand.

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the  Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Nehemiah 5:15

The governors  who preceded me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them food and wine as well as half a kilogram  of silver. Their subordinates also oppressed the people, but because of the fear of God, I didn’t do this.

Joshua 24:14

‘Therefore, fear the Lord and worship him in sincerity and truth.  Get rid of the gods your ancestors worshipped  beyond the River Euphrates and in Egypt, and worship the Lord.

Deuteronomy 10:12

‘And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you except to fear  the Lord your God by walking in all his ways, to love him, and to worship the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul?

Deuteronomy 6:2

Do this so that you may fear  the Lord your God  all the days of your life  by keeping all his statutes and commands I am giving you, your son, and your grandson, and so that you may have a long life.

Deuteronomy 4:10

The day you stood before the Lord your God  at Horeb, the Lord said to me, “Assemble the people before me, and I will let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me  all the days they live on the earth and may instruct their children.”

Genesis 22:12

Then he said, ‘Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.’

Genesis 20:11

Abraham replied, ‘I thought, “There is absolutely no fear of God in this place.  They will kill me because of my wife.”

Exodus 14:13

But Moses said to the people, ‘Don’t be afraid. Stand firm and see  the Lord’s salvation that he will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.

Deuteronomy 6:24

The Lord commanded us to follow all these statutes and to fear the Lord our God for our prosperity always and for our preservation, as it is today.

Isaiah 41:13

For I am the Lord your God, who holds your right hand, who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.

Deuteronomy 8:16

He fed you in the wilderness with manna,  which your ancestors had not known, in order to humble and test you, so that in the end he might cause you to prosper.