'Fearing' in the Bible
Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Fearing the LORD prolongs life, but the wicked will not live long.
Whoso is despising the Word is destroyed for it, And whoso is fearing the Command is repayed.
Whoso is walking in his uprightness is fearing Jehovah, And the perverted in his ways is despising Him.
The backslider in heart will have his fill with his own [rotten] ways,But a good man will be satisfied with his ways [the godly thought and action which his heart pursues and in which he delights].
The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.
Through loyal love and truth iniquity is appeased; through fearing the Lord one avoids evil.
Fearing the Lord leads to life, and one who does so will live satisfied; he will not be afflicted by calamity.
The reward for humility and fearing the Lord is riches and honor and life.
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but rather be zealous in fearing the Lord all the time.
O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil.
Fearing any human being is a trap, but confiding in the LORD keeps anyone safe.
The grace is false, and the beauty is vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.
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