Avraham said, *Because I thought, 'Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife's sake.'
Genesis 22:12 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He said, *Don't lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And He said, Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear and revere God, since you have not held back from Me or begrudged giving Me your son, your only son. American Standard Version (1901) And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him; for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me. Common English Bible The messenger said, “Don’t stretch out your hand against the young man, and don’t do anything to him. I now know that you revere God and didn’t hold back your son, your only son, from me.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to him, "Do not extend your hand over the boy, and do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, since you have not spared your only begotten son for my sake." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said to him: Lay not thy hand upon the boy, neither do thou any thing to him. Now I know that thou fearest God, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake. |
Avraham said, *Because I thought, 'Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife's sake.'
Avraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Avraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.
and said, *I have sworn by myself, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
He said, *Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Yitzchak, and go into the land of Moriyah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.*
because Avraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my mitzvot, my statutes, and my laws.*
Yosef said to them the third day, *Do this, and live, for I fear God.
But the former governors who were before me were chargeable to the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants bore rule over the people: but I didn't do so, because of the fear of God.
There was a man in the land of `Utz, whose name was Iyov. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'*
He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you.
For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
The LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
What man is he who fears the LORD? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.
The friendship of the LORD is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.
Moshe said to the people, *Don't be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won't sin.*
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his mitzvot; for this is the whole duty of man.
and have built the high places of Ba`al, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt offerings to Ba`al; which I didn't command, nor spoke it, neither came it into my mind:
and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.
But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.
Then Yeshua said to his talmidim, *If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.
Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
So the assemblies throughout all Yehudah and the Galil and Shomron had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Messiah died for us.
He who didn't spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?
No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don't have.
concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.
Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can't be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,
Yes, a man will say, *You have faith, and I have works.* Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith.
A voice came forth from the throne, saying, *Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!*
Shemu'el said, Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.