Proverbs 13:14

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

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.

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.

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

He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”

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.”

for they will add to you length of days, years of life, and peace.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

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.

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

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

The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me.

For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.

You who love Yahweh, hate evil! He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.

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

Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.

The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

The fear of Yahweh prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

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.”

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

So then, let’s follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.

Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”

Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it.

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

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.

You will come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.

The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me.

But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm.”

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

The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

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

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

Beloved, don’t imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn’t seen God.

that your days and your children’s days may be multiplied in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.

The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

I am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.

For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.

So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.

I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.

for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits.

The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.

There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of Yahweh is your treasure.

Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

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.

even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

He said to me, “I have become the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.

The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.

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

The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.

Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.

The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

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

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.