Abraham replied, ‘I thought, “There is absolutely no fear of God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.”
Nehemiah 5:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then I said, ‘What you are doing isn’t right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God and not invite the reproach of our foreign enemies? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Also I said, What you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God to prevent the taunts and reproach of the nations, our enemies? American Standard Version (1901) Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies? Common English Bible So I continued, “What you are doing isn’t good! Why don’t you walk in the fear of our God? This will prevent the taunts of the nations that are our enemies! Catholic Public Domain Version And I said to them: "The thing that you are doing is not good. Why are you not walking in the fear of our God, so that there may be no reproach against us from our enemies, the Gentiles? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I said to them: The thing you do is not good. Why walk you not in the fear of our God, that we be not exposed to the reproaches of the Gentiles our enemies? |
Abraham replied, ‘I thought, “There is absolutely no fear of God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.”
On the third day Joseph said to them, ‘I fear God #– #do this and you will live.
However, because you treated the Lord with such contempt in this matter, the son born to you will die.’
Listen, our God, for we are despised. Make their insults return on their own heads and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.
Even I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending them money and grain. Please, let’s stop charging this interest.
The governors who preceded me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them food and wine as well as half a kilogram of silver. Their subordinates also oppressed the people, but because of the fear of God, I didn’t do this.
A violent person lures his neighbour, leading him on a path that is not good.
It is certainly not good to fine an innocent person or to beat a noble for his honesty. ,
It is not good to show partiality to the guilty, denying an innocent person justice.
Even zeal is not good without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily sins.
These sayings also belong to the wise: It is not good to show partiality in judgement.
When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name, because it was said about them, “These are the people of the Lord, yet they had to leave his land in exile.”
Do not profit or take interest from him, but fear your God and let your brother live among you.
So the church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
For, as it is written: The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you. ,
Therefore, I want younger women to marry, have children, manage their households, and give the adversary no opportunity to accuse us.
to be self-controlled, pure, workers at home, kind, and in submission to their husbands, so that God’s word will not be slandered.
Conduct yourselves honourably among the Gentiles, so that when they slander you as evildoers, they will observe your good works and will glorify God on the day he visits.
No, my sons, the news I hear the Lord’s people spreading is not good.