Genesis 20:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Surely

Slay

Genesis 12:12

Genesis 26:7

General references

Romans 3:18

Bible References

Surely

And he said, Let not your hand be stretched out against the boy to do anything to him; for now I am certain that the fear of God is in your heart, because you have not kept back your son, your only son, from me.

And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fearing man:

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.

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil.

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

Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.

The sin of the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no fear of the Lord before his eyes.

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

Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

By mercy and good faith evil-doing is taken away: and by the fear of the Lord men are turned away from evil.

There is no fear of God before their eyes.

Slay

And I am certain that when the men of Egypt see you, they will say, This is his wife: and they will put me to death and keep you.

And when he was questioned by the men of the place about his wife, he said, She is my sister; fearing to say, She is my wife; for, he said, the men of the place may put me to death on account of Rebekah; because she is very beautiful.

General references

There is no fear of God before their eyes.