Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

General references

Bible References

Prove

Exodus 15:25
So he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. When he threw it into the water, the water became drinkable.

He made a statute and ordinance for them at Marah and He tested them there.
Genesis 22:1
After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!”

“Here I am,” he answered.
Deuteronomy 8:2
Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these 40 years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commands.
Deuteronomy 13:3
do not listen to that prophet’s words or to that dreamer. For the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul.

His fear

Genesis 20:11
Abraham replied, “I thought, ‘There is absolutely no fear of God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’
Deuteronomy 6:2
Do this so that you may fear the Lord your God all the days of your life by keeping all His statutes and commands I am giving you, your son, and your grandson, and so that you may have a long life.
Deuteronomy 10:12
“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you except to fear the Lord your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, and to worship the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul?
Joshua 24:14
“Therefore, fear the Lord and worship Him in sincerity and truth. Get rid of the gods your fathers worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and worship Yahweh.
Nehemiah 5:15
The governors who preceded me had heavily burdened the people, taking food and wine from them, as well as a pound of silver. Their subordinates also oppressed the people, but I didn’t do this, because of the fear of God.
Job 28:28
He said to mankind,
“The fear of the Lord is this: wisdom.
And to turn from evil is understanding.”
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord
is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Proverbs 3:7
Don’t consider yourself to be wise;
fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
Isaiah 8:13
You are to regard only the Lord of Hosts as holy.
Only He should be feared;
only He should be held in awe.

General references

Deuteronomy 4:36
He let you hear His voice from heaven to instruct you. He showed you His great fire on earth, and you heard His words from the fire.
Deuteronomy 5:4
The Lord spoke to you face to face from the fire on the mountain.

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