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Deuteronomy 13:3
do not listen to that prophet’s words or to that dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and all your soul.
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Isaiah 8:13
You are to regard only the LORD of Armies as holy. Only he should be feared; only he should be held in awe.
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Proverbs 3:7
Don’t be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
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Deuteronomy 8:2
Remember that the LORD your God led you on the entire journey these forty years in the wilderness, so that he might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
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Genesis 22:1
After these things God tested Abraham and said to him,“ Abraham!”“ Here I am,” he answered.
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1 Samuel 12 20
Samuel replied,“ Don’t be afraid. Even though you have committed all this evil, don’t turn away from following the LORD. Instead, worship the LORD with all your heart.
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Job 28:28
He said to mankind,“ The fear of the Lord— that is wisdom. And to turn from evil is understanding.”
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Deuteronomy 10:12
“ And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you except to fear the LORD your God by walking in all his ways, to love him, and to worship the LORD your God with all your heart and all your soul?
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Genesis 22:12
Then he said,“ Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”
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Proverbs 16:6
Iniquity is atoned for by loyalty and faithfulness, and one turns from evil by the fear of the LORD.
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Joshua 24:14
“ Therefore, fear the LORD and worship him in sincerity and truth. Get rid of the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and worship the LORD.
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Exodus 15:25-26
So he cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree. When he threw it into the water, the water became drinkable. The LORD made a statute and ordinance for them at Marah, and he tested them there.He said,“ If you will carefully obey the LORD your God, do what is right in his sight, pay attention to his commands, and keep all his statutes, I will not inflict any illnesses on you that I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
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Deuteronomy 6:2
Do this so that you may fear the LORD your God all the days of your life by keeping all his statutes and commands I am giving you, your son, and your grandson, and so that you may have a long life.
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Nehemiah 5:15
The governors who preceded me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them food and wine as well as a pound of silver. Their subordinates also oppressed the people, but because of the fear of God, I didn’t do this.
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Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and discipline.
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Genesis 20:11
Abraham replied,“ I thought,‘ There is absolutely no fear of God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’
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Deuteronomy 4:10
The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me,‘ Assemble the people before me, and I will let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me all the days they live on the earth and may instruct their children.’
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Isaiah 41:10
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will help you; I will hold on to you with my righteous right hand.