Nehemiah 5:15

But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.

Cast your burden on Yahweh and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

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

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

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

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at length you have revived your thought for me; in which you did indeed take thought, but you lacked opportunity.

May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”

Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?

So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

I coveted no one’s silver, gold, or clothing.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

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.

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.”

You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.

The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.

Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel by the temple, for the wall of the city, and for the house that I will occupy.” The king granted my requests, because of the good hand of my God on me.

Shall not his majesty make you afraid, and his dread fall on you?

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

He will bless those who fear Yahweh, both small and great.

I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.

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

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.

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.

Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock.

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.”

Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.

Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

For there is no partiality with God.

If others partake of this right over you, don’t we yet more? Nevertheless we didn’t use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ.

I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus; for that which was lacking on your part, they supplied.

Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you God’s Good News free of charge?

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.

I know how to be humbled, and I also know how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.

“You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

Take no interest from him or profit; but fear your God, that your brother may live among you.

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?

Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,

when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respect the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.

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

The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.

Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.

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

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

Servants rule over us. There is no one to deliver us out of their hand.

For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land,” says Yahweh; “but, behold, I will deliver the men everyone into his neighbor’s hand, and into the hand of his king. They will strike the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.”

But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.

Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;

What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!

for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.

nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.

Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

Abraham said, “Because I thought, ‘Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife’s sake.’

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

Now therefore let the fear of Yahweh be on you. Take heed and do it; for there is no iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.”

For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because of his majesty, I can do nothing.

If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?

So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.

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.”

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?”

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 curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am Yahweh your God.

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.

He will take one tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers, and to his servants.

Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly;

I put my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.

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.”

The fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever. Yahweh’s ordinances are true, and righteous altogether.

But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me.

Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.

Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.

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

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

A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.

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

A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.

If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked.

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.

he who hasn’t lent to them with interest, hasn’t taken any increase from them, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,

In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.

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.

When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn’t a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.

For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies, unless it is that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong.

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.

For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.