Genesis 22:12

Modern English Version

Then He said, “Do not lay your hands on the boy or do anything to him, because now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your only son from Me.”

Cross References

Genesis 20:11

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

Genesis 22:13

And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up as a burnt offering in the place of his son.

Genesis 22:16

and said, “By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,

Genesis 22:2

Then He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.”

Genesis 26:5

because Abraham obeyed Me and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

Genesis 42:18

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

Nehemiah 5:15

The former governors preceding me had extracted a heavy burden on the people, because they took from them food and wine, besides forty shekels of silver. Moreover, even their servants domineered over the people. But I myself never did so, because of the fear of God.

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, fearing God and avoiding evil.

Job 28:28

To man He said: ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

Job 5:19

In six crises He will deliver you; even in seven, disaster will not touch you.

Psalm 1:6

For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Psalm 111:10

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who do His commands. His praise endures forever!

Psalm 147:11

The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him, in those who hope in His mercy.

Psalm 2:11

Serve the Lord with fear; and tremble with trepidation!

Psalm 25:12

Who is the man who fears the Lord? He will teach him the way that he should choose.

Psalm 25:14

The secret counsel of the Lord is with those who fear Him, and He will make His covenant known to them.

Exodus 20:20

Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you so that you do not sin.”

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

This is the end of the matter; all has been heard. Now fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.

Jeremiah 19:5

and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings to Baal, which I did not command or decree, nor did it come into My mind—

Jeremiah 32:40

And I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them, to do them good. But I will put My fear in their hearts so that they shall not depart from Me.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. You will go out and grow up like calves from the stall.

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

Matthew 19:29

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for My name’s sake shall receive a hundred times as much and inherit eternal life.

Matthew 5:16

Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

John 3:16

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Acts 9:31

Then the churches throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and were built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.

Romans 5:8

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 8:32

He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

1 Corinthians 10:13

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, and He will not permit you to be tempted above what you can endure, but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if there is a willing mind first, the gift is accepted according to what a man possesses and not according to what he does not possess.

Hebrews 11:19

He reasoned that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he indeed received him in a figurative sense.

Hebrews 12:28

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be moved, let us be gracious, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.

James 2:18

But a man may say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

Revelation 19:5

Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, both small and great!”

1 Samuel 15:22

Samuel said, “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, a listening ear than the fat of rams.