Deuteronomy 6:24
So the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear [and worship] the Lord our God [with awe-filled reverence and profound respect] for our good always and so that He might preserve us alive, as it is today.
Psalm 41:2
The Lord will protect him and keep him alive;
And he will be called blessed in the land;
You do not hand him over to the desire of his enemies.
Jeremiah 32:39
and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may [reverently] fear Me forever, for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
Deuteronomy 4:1
“Now, O Israel, listen and pay attention to the statutes and the judgments (God’s legal decisions) which I am teaching you to do, so that you may live and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
Deuteronomy 8:1
“Every commandment that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do, so that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord swore [to give] to your fathers.
Deuteronomy 4:4
but you who held tightly to the Lord your God are alive today, every one of you.
Deuteronomy 8:3
He humbled you and allowed you to be hungry and fed you with manna, [a substance] which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, so that He might make you understand [by personal experience] that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.
Deuteronomy 10:12-13
“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require from you, but to fear [and worship] the Lord your God [with awe-filled reverence and profound respect], to walk [that is, to live each and every day] in all His ways and to love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul [your choices, your thoughts, your whole being],
Job 35:7-8
“If you are righteous, what do you give God,
Or what does He receive from your hand?
Psalm 66:9
Who keeps us among the living,
And does not allow our feet to slip or stumble.
Proverbs 9:12
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself [for your own benefit];
If you scoff [thoughtlessly ridicule and disdain], you alone will pay the penalty.
Proverbs 22:4
The reward of humility [that is, having a realistic view of one’s importance] and the [reverent, worshipful] fear of the Lord
Is riches, honor, and life.
Isaiah 3:10
Say to the righteous that it will go well with them,
For they will eat the fruit of their [righteous] actions.
Matthew 6:33
Romans 6:21-22
So what benefit did you get at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? [None!] For the outcome of those things is death!
Romans 10:5
For Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on law [with all its intricate demands] shall live by it.
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To fear
For our good
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To fear
For our good
“If you are righteous, what do you give God,
Or what does He receive from your hand?
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself [for your own benefit];
If you scoff [thoughtlessly ridicule and disdain], you alone will pay the penalty.
Say to the righteous that it will go well with them,
For they will eat the fruit of their [righteous] actions.
He might
The Lord will protect him and keep him alive;
And he will be called blessed in the land;
You do not hand him over to the desire of his enemies.
Who keeps us among the living,
And does not allow our feet to slip or stumble.
The reward of humility [that is, having a realistic view of one’s importance] and the [reverent, worshipful] fear of the Lord
Is riches, honor, and life.