And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Psalm 4:4 - King James Version - American Edition Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Stand in awe, and sin not: Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Be angry [or stand in awe] and sin not; commune with your own hearts upon your beds and be silent (sorry for the things you say in your hearts). Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! [Eph. 4:26.] American Standard Version (1901) Stand in awe, and sin not: Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. [Selah Common English Bible So be afraid, and don’t sin! Think hard about it in your bed and weep over it! Selah Catholic Public Domain Version And know this: the Lord has made wondrous his holy one. The Lord will heed me when I cry out to him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Know ye also that the Lord hath made his holy one wonderful: the Lord will hear me when I shall cry unto him. |
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
when I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?