Exodus 1:17

Israel And Oppression In Egypt

¹⁶ and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women and see the sex, if it is a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live. ¹⁷ But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded them, but let the boys live. ¹⁸ And the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing and have given the men children their lives?

Fear of God

Feared God

Egypt

Acts 5:29

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We must persuade God rather than men.

Proverbs 16:6

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged, and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Daniel 3:16-18

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, We are not careful to answer thee in this matter.

Daniel 6:13

Then they answered and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the sons of the captivity of the Jews, has not regarded thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast confirmed, but makes his petition three times a day.

Genesis 20:11

And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they will slay me for my wife's sake.

Genesis 42:18

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

Exodus 1:21

And it came to pass because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

Nehemiah 5:15

But the former captains that had been before me had charged the people and had taken of them for bread and wine, upon forty shekels of silver; and in addition to this their servants bore rule over the people; but I did not do so because of the fear of God.

Psalm 31:19

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for those that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for those that wait in thee before the sons of men!

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride, arrogancy, the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.

Proverbs 24:11-12

If thou forbear to deliver those that are drawn unto death and those that are ready to be slain,

Ecclesiastes 8:12

Though a sinner does evil one hundred times and his judgment is prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with those that fear God, who fear before his presence;

Ecclesiastes 12:13

The conclusion of the entire sermon is heard: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole happiness of man.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment because he wanted to walk after commandments.

Micah 6:16

For the statutes of Omri have been kept and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye have walked in their counsels that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

Matthew 10:28

And fear not those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul, but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Luke 12:5

But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who, after being killed, has power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

Acts 4:18-20

And they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.