Genesis 20:11
"And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake."
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- Genesis 26:7
"And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 12:12
"Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 42:18
"And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 16:6
"By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 22:12
"And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me."
Read in chapter → - Nehemiah 5:15
"But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God."
Read in chapter → - Job 28:28
"And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 2:5
"Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 36:1
"The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes."
Read in chapter → - Romans 3:18
"There is no fear of God before their eyes."
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