He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”
Psalm 19:9 - English Standard Version 2016 the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: The judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The [reverent] fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the ordinances of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. American Standard Version (1901) The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever: The ordinances of Jehovah are true, and righteous altogether. Common English Bible Honoring the LORD is correct, lasting forever. The LORD’s judgments are true. All of these are righteous! Catholic Public Domain Version They have been bound, and they have fallen. But we have risen up, and we have been set upright. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They are bound, and have fallen; but we are risen, and are set upright. O Lord, save the king: and hear us in the day that we shall call upon thee. |
He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”
On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:
And as soon as I have gone from you, the Spirit of the Lord will carry you I know not where. And so, when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although I your servant have feared the Lord from my youth.
The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God.
His ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!
Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules.
I know, O Lord, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
You, O Lord, will keep them; you will guard us from this generation forever.
Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O Lord.
The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.
In the path of your judgments, O Lord, we wait for you; your name and remembrance are the desire of our soul.
I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I the Lord speak the truth; I declare what is right.
And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear what you have to say.”
Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.
We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things.
And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today?
And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations!
And I heard the altar saying, “Yes, Lord God the Almighty, true and just are your judgments!”
for his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”
Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.