Exodus 20:20

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Summary

And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.

Prove

His fear

General references

Deuteronomy 4:36

Deuteronomy 5:4

Bible References

Prove

And in answer to his prayer, the Lord made him see a tree, and when he put it into the water, the water was made sweet. There he gave them a law and an order, testing them;

Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.

Then give no attention to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God is testing you, to see if all the love of your heart and soul is given to him.

His fear

And Abraham said, Because it seemed to me that there was no fear of God in this place, and that they might put me to death because of my wife.

So that living in the fear of the Lord your God, you may keep all his laws and his orders, which I give you: you and your son and your son's son, all the days of your life; and so that your life may be long.

And now, Israel, what would the Lord your God have you do, but to go in the fear of the Lord your God, walking in all his ways and loving him and doing his pleasure with all your heart and all your soul,

So now, go in fear of the Lord, and be his servants with true hearts: put away the gods worshipped by your fathers across the River and in Egypt, and be servants of the Lord.

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.

And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.

The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil:

But let the Lord of armies be holy to you, and go in fear of him, giving honour to him.

General references

Out of heaven itself his voice came to you, teaching you; and on earth he let you see his great fire; and his words came to your ears out of the heart of the fire.

The word of the Lord came to you face to face on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire,