Genesis 20:11
Hebrew Text— Genesis 20:11Abraham said, “Because I thought, ‘Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife’s sake.’
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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.
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness,” says the Lord Yahweh.
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him,
This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.
though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness.”
The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility.
Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me and be blameless.
A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.
“I tell you, my friends, don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
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.”
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.
Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.”
“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.
You who love Yahweh, hate evil! He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.
Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: they shall certainly not be unpunished.
There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
who also eat the flesh of my people, and peel their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as meat within the cauldron.
It will happen, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me, but they will save you alive.
Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you.”
Abraham said about Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “My wife”, lest, he thought, “the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to look at.”
No one is greater in this house than I am, and he has not kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
“ ‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.
“ ‘You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the elderly; and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.
You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.
you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams; for Yahweh your God is testing you, to know whether you love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”
Isn’t your piety your confidence? Isn’t the integrity of your ways your hope?
When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.
Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you, on the kingdoms that don’t call on your name;
They don’t know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.
He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.
Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.
“Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven’t I held my peace for a long time, and you don’t fear me?
There is no one who calls on your name, who stirs himself up to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have consumed us by means of our iniquities.
Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you, and on the families that don’t call on your name; for they have devoured Jacob. Yes, they have devoured him, consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
and all the mixed people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the Philistines, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.”
Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.
Abstain from every form of evil.
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.
Take no interest from him or profit; but fear your God, that your brother may live among you.
how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn’t fear God.
By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.
“Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backsliding will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
The king and his servants who heard all these words were not afraid, and didn’t tear their garments.
They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
Yes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.
But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, plus forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people; but I didn’t do so, because of the fear of God.
Abimelech took sheep and cattle, male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife, to him.
Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this servant and her son! For the son of this servant will not be heir with my son, Isaac.”
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.”
Jacob answered Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I said, ‘Lest you should take your daughters from me by force.’
But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
Moses 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.”
You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am Yahweh your God.
He was very thirsty, and called on Yahweh and said, “You have given this great deliverance by the hand of your servant; and now shall I die of thirst, and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
Also I said, “The thing that you do is not good. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
“To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’ ”
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don’t call on Yahweh?
A revelation is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: “There is no fear of God before his eyes.”
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.
The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.
I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says Yahweh of Armies.
“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.