Genesis 22:12

New American Bible - revised edition

“Do not lay your hand on the boy,” said the angel. “Do not do the least thing to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you did not withhold from me your son, your only one.”

Cross References

James 2:18

Indeed someone may say, “You have faith and I have works.” Demonstrate your faith to me without works, and I will demonstrate my faith to you from my works.

1 Samuel 15:22

But Samuel said: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to the Lord’s command? Obedience is better than sacrifice, to listen, better than the fat of rams.

Romans 8:32

He who did not spare his own Son but handed him over for us all, how will he not also give us everything else along with him?

1 Corinthians 10:13

No trial has come to you but what is human. God is faithful and will not let you be tried beyond your strength; but with the trial he will also provide a way out, so that you may be able to bear it. Warning Against Idolatry.

Matthew 19:29

And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more, and will inherit eternal life.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

The last word, when all is heard: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this concerns all humankind;

Genesis 26:5

this because Abraham obeyed me, keeping my mandate, my commandments, my ordinances, and my instructions.

Genesis 22:2

Then God said: Take your son Isaac, your only one, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. There offer him up as a burnt offering on one of the heights that I will point out to you.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.

Psalm 147:11

Rather the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, those who put their hope in his mercy.

Psalm 25:12

Who is the one who fears the Lord? God shows him the way he should choose.

Romans 5:8

But God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if the eagerness is there, it is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have;

Acts 9:31

The church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria was at peace. It was being built up and walked in the fear of the Lord, and with the consolation of the holy Spirit it grew in numbers. Peter Heals Aeneas at Lydda.

Proverbs 1:7

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

Psalm 25:14

The counsel of the Lord belongs to those who fear him; and his covenant instructs them.

Exodus 20:20

Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid, for God has come only to test you and put the fear of him upon you so you do not sin.”

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

Jeremiah 19:5

building high places for Baal to burn their children in fire as offerings to Baal—something I never considered or said or commanded.

Job 28:28

And to mortals he said: See: the fear of the Lord is wisdom; and avoiding evil is understanding.

Nehemiah 5:15

The earlier governors, my predecessors, had laid a heavy burden on the people, taking from them each day forty silver shekels for their food; then, too, their attendants oppressed the people. But I, because I feared God, did not do this.

Genesis 20:11

Abraham answered, “I thought there would be no fear of God in this place, and so they would kill me on account of my wife.

Hebrews 12:28

Therefore, we who are receiving the unshakable kingdom should have gratitude, with which we should offer worship pleasing to God in reverence and awe.

Matthew 5:16

Just so, your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father. Teaching About the Law.

Jeremiah 32:40

With them I will make an everlasting covenant, never to cease doing good to them; I will put fear of me in their hearts so that they never turn away from me.

Psalm 111:10

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; prudent are all who practice it. His praise endures forever.

Psalm 2:11

Serve the Lord with fear; exult with trembling, Accept correction lest he become angry and you perish along the way when his anger suddenly blazes up. Blessed are all who take refuge in him!

Psalm 1:6

Because the Lord knows the way of the just, but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.

Job 5:19

Out of six troubles he will deliver you, and at the seventh no evil shall touch you.

Hebrews 11:19

He reasoned that God was able to raise even from the dead, and he received Isaac back as a symbol.

Genesis 42:18

On the third day Joseph said to them: “Do this, and you shall live; for I am a God-fearing man.

Revelation 19:5

A voice coming from the throne said: “Praise our God, all you his servants, [and] you who revere him, small and great.”

Genesis 22:13

Abraham looked up and saw a single ram caught by its horns in the thicket. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering in place of his son.

Genesis 22:16

and said: “I swear by my very self—oracle of the Lord—that because you acted as you did in not withholding from me your son, your only one,

Job 1:1

In the land of Uz there was a blameless and upright man named Job, who feared God and avoided evil.