Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

General references

Bible References

The fear

Psalm 34:11

Come, you children, listen to me;
I will teach you to fear the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and worship Him with obedience].
Psalm 36:1
Transgression speaks [like an oracle] to the wicked (godless) [deep] within his heart;
There is no fear (dread) of God before his eyes.
Psalm 115:13

He will bless those who fear and worship the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder],
Both the small and the great.
Genesis 22:12
The Lord said, “Do not reach out [with the knife in] your hand against the boy, and do nothing to [harm] him; for now I know that you fear God [with reverence and profound respect], since you have not withheld from Me your son, your only son [of promise].”
Genesis 42:18
Now Joseph said to them on the third day, “Do this and [you may] live, for I fear God:
1 Samuel 12:24
Only fear the Lord [with awe and profound reverence] and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you.
1 Kings 18:3
Ahab called Obadiah who was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly;
Nehemiah 5:15
But the former governors who were [in office] before me put heavy burdens on the people and took food and wine from them in addition to forty shekels of silver [as an excessive monthly salary]; even their servants assumed authority over the people. But I did not do so because of the [reverent] fear of God.
Proverbs 8:13

“The [reverent] fear and worshipful awe of the Lord includes the hatred of evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way,
And the perverted mouth, I hate.
Acts 10:22
They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man well spoken of by all the Jewish people, was divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and hear what you have to say.”
Romans 3:10
As it is written and forever remains written,

There is none righteous [none that meets God’s standard], not even one.

Enduring

Psalm 111:10

The [reverent] fear of the Lord is the beginning (the prerequisite, the absolute essential, the alphabet) of wisdom;
A good understanding and a teachable heart are possessed by all those who do the will of the Lord;
His praise endures forever.
Psalm 112:1
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who fears the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and worships Him with obedience],
Who delights greatly in His commandments.

General references

Deuteronomy 4:8
Or what great nation has statutes and judgments so righteous (upright, just) as this whole law which I am placing before you today?