Ecclesiastes 12:13

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.

You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.

Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying Yahweh’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.

I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book, if anyone adds to them, may God add to him the plagues which are written in this book.

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.

Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.

Yahweh says: “Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong. Do no violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.

Now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you, but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility.

You shall walk in all the way which Yahweh your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.

Behold, Yahweh’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness,

For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation.

So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

What the wicked fear, will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.

My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious;

For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

that you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you—you, your son, and your son’s son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.

Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.

May he grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your counsel.

Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.

Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words; but you must fear God.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

In praying, don’t use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,

For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”

You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you.

Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who shall hear all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to my commandments which I command you today, to love Yahweh your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

“Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, in Egypt; and serve Yahweh.

His soul will dwell at ease. His offspring will inherit the land.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.

For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.

Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

Don’t you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.

Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor preferring one another;

You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you.

He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.

To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.

Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.

By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

I have not learned wisdom, neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.

I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.

Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

He said, “Don’t lay your hand on the boy 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.”

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear Yahweh all day long.

It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also don’t withdraw your hand from that; for he who fears God will come out of them all.

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

A voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!”

But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.

Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things he has done for you.

Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

Who among you fears Yahweh and obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness and has no light, let him trust in Yahweh’s name, and rely on his God.

Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed Yahweh, their God’s voice, and the words of Haggai, the prophet, as Yahweh, their God, had sent him; and the people feared Yahweh.

but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”

Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men which fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

the day that you stood before Yahweh your God in Horeb, when Yahweh said to me, “Assemble the people to me, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.”

What man is he who fears Yahweh? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.

Who is someone who desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good?

A revelation is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: “There is no fear of God before his eyes.”

He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.

I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,

but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.

Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.

The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”