Genesis 20:11

Legacy Standard Bible

And Abraham said, “Because I said, surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.

Cross References

Genesis 12:12

and it will be when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me, but they will let you live.

Genesis 20:10

And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What have you seen, that you have done this thing?”

Genesis 20:12

Besides, she actually 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, “Do not stretch out your hand against the boy, and do nothing to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only one, from Me.”

Genesis 26:7

Then the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “my wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is beautiful in appearance.”

Genesis 42:18

And Joseph said to them on the third day, “Do this and live, for I fear God:

Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them bread and wine besides forty shekels of silver; even their young men exerted their power 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; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God, and turning away from evil.

Job 28:28

“So He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to turn away from evil is understanding.’ ”

Psalm 14:4

¶Do all the workers of iniquity not know, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And do not call upon Yahweh?

Proverbs 1:7

¶The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; Ignorant fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Proverbs 16:6

By lovingkindness and truth iniquity is atoned for, And by the fear of Yahweh one turns away from evil.

Proverbs 2:5

Then you will understand the fear of Yahweh And find the knowledge of God.

Proverbs 8:13

“The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the mouth of perverted words, I hate.

Romans 3:18

“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”