Genesis 22:12

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Summary

And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

Now

Seeing

Bible References

Now

Abraham replied, "Because I thought, 'Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.'

All this will come to pass because Abraham obeyed me and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."

On the third day Joseph said to them, "Do as I say and you will live, for I fear God.

Moses said to the people, "Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you so that you do not sin."

However, fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Just look at the great things he has done for you!

Then Samuel said, "Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as he does in obedience? Certainly, obedience is better than sacrifice; paying attention is better than the fat of rams.

But the former governors who preceded me had burdened the people and had taken food and wine from them, in addition to forty shekels of silver. Their associates were also domineering over the people. But I did not behave in this way, due to my fear of God.

And he said to mankind, 'The fear of the Lord -- that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"

Certainly the Lord guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.

Serve the Lord in fear! Repent in terror!

The Lord shows his faithful followers the way they should live.

To obey the Lord is the fundamental principle for wise living; all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever.

Praise the Lord! How blessed is the one who obeys the Lord, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.

The Lord takes delight in his faithful followers, and in those who wait for his loyal love.

Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes and still live a long time, yet I know that it will go well with God-fearing people -- for they stand in fear before him.

Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.

I will make a lasting covenant with them that I will never stop doing good to them. I will fill their hearts and minds with respect for me so that they will never again turn away from me.

But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall.

In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.

"Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers.

So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe.

But someone will say, "You have faith and I have works." Show me your faith without works and I will show you faith by my works.

Then a voice came from the throne, saying: "Praise our God all you his servants, and all you who fear Him, both the small and the great!"

Seeing

For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Indeed, he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all -- how will he not also, along with him, freely give us all things?

By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God has sent his one and only Son into the world so that we may live through him.