Exodus 1:17
The midwives respected God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them. They let the boys live.
Acts 5:29
Peter and the other apostles answered: We must obey God rather than men.
Proverbs 16:6
Sin is atoned by loving kindness and truth. Respect for Jehovah keeps one away from evil.
Daniel 3:16-18
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king: O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
Daniel 6:13
Then they said: Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, does not show you respect, O king, nor the decree that you signed. He offers his prayer three times a day.
Genesis 20:11
Abraham said: I thought that because there are no people who reverence God in this place, I would be killed because of my wife.
Genesis 42:18
On the third day, Joseph said: Do this and live, for I too respect God.
Exodus 1:21
Because the midwives respected God, He established households for them.
Nehemiah 5:15
Earlier rulers who came before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver. Even their servants were lords over the people. But I did not do so, out of reverence for God.
Psalm 31:19
Your goodness is so great! You reserve it for those who respect you. The sons of men watch as you show it to those who take refuge in you.
Proverbs 8:13
Respect for Jehovah means to hate evil. I hate: pride, and arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
Proverbs 24:11-12
If you do not deliver those who are condemned to death,
Ecclesiastes 8:12
Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and he lives a long life, yet I know that it will be well with those who respect (reverence) God and worship him.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Respect God, and obey his commandments for this is the whole duty of man.
Hosea 5:11
Ephraim is oppressed. He is crushed in judgment because he was content to walk after man's command.
Micah 6:16
The statutes of Omri and the works of the house of Ahab are observed. You walk in their counsels. I will make you desolation! The inhabitants will be hissed. You will bear the reproach of my people.
Matthew 10:28
Do not fear those who kill the body. They are not able to take away your [everlasting] life. Instead, fear him who is able to destroy both life and body in the ever-burning fires. (Greek: Gehenna: continuously burning trash fires in the valley of Hinnom.)
Luke 12:5
I will show you the one to fear. Fear the one who, after he has killed, has power to destroy you (throw into the ever-burning trash fires of the valley of Hinnom) (Greek: Gehenna). This is one you should fear.
Acts 4:18-20
They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.