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."
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- Nehemiah 5:9
"Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?"
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 50:10
"Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his 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 → - 2 Corinthians 11:9
"And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 5:47
"And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?"
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 12:13
"Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man."
Read in chapter → - Job 31:23
"For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 29:12
"If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 112:1
"Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 147:11
"The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy."
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