Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
The generation
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Bible References
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Psalm 53:5
They are absolutely terrified, even by things that do not normally cause fear. For God annihilates those who attack you. You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them.
Exodus 15:16
Fear and dread will fall on them; by the greatness of your arm they will be as still as stone until your people pass by, O Lord, until the people whom you have bought pass by.
Esther 8:7
King Ahasuerus replied to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, "Look, I have already given Haman's estate to Esther, and he has been hanged on the gallows because he took hostile action against the Jews.
Proverbs 1:26
so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes,
Proverbs 28:1
The wicked person flees when there is no one pursuing, but the righteous person is as confident as a lion.
The generation
Psalm 22:30
A whole generation will serve him; they will tell the next generation about the sovereign Lord.
Psalm 24:6
Such purity characterizes the people who seek his favor, Jacob's descendants, who pray to him. (Selah)
Psalm 73:15
If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your loyal followers.
Psalm 112:2
His descendants will be powerful on the earth; the godly will be blessed.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
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Genesis 35:5
and they started on their journey. The surrounding cities were afraid of God, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.