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 he cried to Jehovah; and Jehovah shewed him wood, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordinance; and there he tested them.

And it came to pass after these things, that God tried Abraham, and said to him, Abraham! and he said, Here am I.

And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or not.

thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams; for Jehovah your God proveth you, to know whether ye love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

His fear

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

that thou mayest fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

And now fear Jehovah and serve him in perfectness and in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the river, and in Egypt; and serve Jehovah.

But the former governors that were before me had been chargeable to the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver: even their servants bore rule over the people. But I did not so, because of the fear of God.

And unto man he said, Lo, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:

Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

General references

From the heavens he made thee hear his voice, that he might instruct thee; and on the earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words from the midst of the fire.

Face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire Jehovah spoke with you