יִרְאָה

Abraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’

“Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.”

This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”

The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,

He commanded them, saying, “You must serve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the LORD.

So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?

The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people. But I did not do this, because of my fear of God.

Is your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?

A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.

Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?

And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.

The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether righteous.

Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.

Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!

Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.

…then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.

To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.

He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.

Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.

The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.

By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.

The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.

The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.

Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.

For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample.

The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.

And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,

Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.

He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.

Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.

I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.

Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.

This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land.

Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to Him.