Exodus 20:20

Modern King James Version

And Moses said to the people, Do not fear, for God has come to test you, and so that His fear may be before your faces, so that you may not sin.

Cross References

Genesis 20:11

And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they will kill me for my wife's sake.

Genesis 22:1

And it happened after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, Abraham! And he said, Behold me.

Genesis 22:12

And He said, Do not lay your hand on the lad, nor do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only one, from Me.

Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors that had been before me were too heavy upon the people, and had taken bread and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people. But I did not do this, because of the fear of God.

Job 28:28

And to man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom! And to depart from evil is understanding!

Exodus 14:13

And Moses said to the people, Do not fear. Stand still and see the salvation of Jehovah, which He will prepare for you this day. For the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall never see them anymore.

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 16:6

By mercy and truth, iniquity is purged, and by the fear of Jehovah men turn away from evil.

Proverbs 3:7

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Jehovah and depart from evil.

Isaiah 41:10

Do not fear; for I am with you; be not dismayed; for I am your God. I will make you strong; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of My righteousness.

Isaiah 41:13

For I, Jehovah your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, Do not fear; I will help you.

Isaiah 8:13

Sanctify Jehovah of Hosts Himself, and let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread.

Deuteronomy 10:12

And now, Israel, what does Jehovah your God ask of you, but to fear Jehovah your God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

Deuteronomy 13:3

you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For Jehovah your God is testing you to know whether you love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 4:10

Remember the day that you stood before Jehovah your God in Horeb, when Jehovah said to me, Gather the people to Me, and I will make them hear My Words so that they may learn to fear Me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and they may teach their sons.

Deuteronomy 6:2

that you might fear Jehovah your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you, and your son, and your son's son, all the days of your life, and so that your days may be prolonged.

Deuteronomy 6:24

And Jehovah commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Jehovah our God, for our good always, so that He might preserve us alive, as it is today.

Deuteronomy 8:16

who fed you in the wilderness with manna which your fathers did not know, so that He might humble you and so that He might prove you, to do you good in your latter end,

Deuteronomy 8:2

And you shall remember all the way which Jehovah your God led you these forty years in the wilderness in order to humble you, to prove you, to know what is in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

Joshua 24:14

Now, then, fear Jehovah, and serve Him in sincerity and truth. And put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt, and serve Jehovah.

1 Samuel 12:20

And Samuel said to the people, Do not fear. You have done all this wickedness. Yet do not turn aside from following Jehovah, but serve Jehovah with all your heart.