Genesis 20:11

New King James Version

And Abraham said, “Because I thought, surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will kill me on account of my wife.

Cross References

Genesis 12:12

Therefore it will happen, 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

Then Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you have in view, that you have done this thing?”

Genesis 20:12

But indeed she is truly my sister. She is 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 lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”

Genesis 26:7

And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, “She is my sister”; for he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” because he thought, “lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to behold.”

Genesis 42:18

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

Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people, and took from them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule 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 and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil.

Job 28:28

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

Psalm 14:4

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And do not call on the Lord?

Proverbs 1:7

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

Proverbs 16:6

In mercy and truth Atonement is provided for iniquity; And by the fear of the Lord one departs from evil.

Proverbs 2:5

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

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate.

Romans 3:18

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