1 Kings 18:3

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Summary

1 Kings 18:3

And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:

The governor of his house

Genesis 24:2

Genesis 39:4

Genesis 41:40

Feared the lord

Bible References

The governor of his house

And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:

And having a high opinion of Joseph as his servant, he made him the overseer of his house and gave him control over all he had.

You, then, are to be over my house, and all my people will be ruled by your word: only as king will I be greater than you.

Feared the lord

And straight away, when I have gone from you, the spirit of the Lord will take you away, I have no idea where, so that when I come and give word to Ahab, and he sees you not, he will put me to death: though I, your servant, have been a worshipper of the Lord from my earliest years.

And he said, Let not your hand be stretched out against the boy to do anything to him; for now I am certain that the fear of God is in your heart, because you have not kept back your son, your only son, from me.

And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fearing man:

Now a certain woman, the wife of one of the sons of the prophets, came crying to Elisha and said, Your servant my husband is dead; and to your knowledge he was a worshipper of the Lord; but now, the creditor has come to take my two children as servants in payment of his debt.

But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.

I made my brother Hanani, and Hananiah, the ruler of the tower, responsible for the government of Jerusalem: for he was a man of good faith, fearing God more than most.

For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place.

Then those in whom was the fear of the Lord had talk together: and the Lord gave ear, and it was recorded in a book to be kept in mind before him, for those who had the fear of the Lord and gave thought to his name.

And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.

A serious-minded man, fearing God with all his family; he gave much money to the poor, and made prayer to God at all times.