Studies Wisdom

Fear of the LORD

The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him,
Who put their hope in His unfailing love.

Psalm 147:11

Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
Who walks in His ways.

Psalm 128:1

The fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
And to depart from evil is understanding.

Job 28:28

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

Proverbs 8:13 CSB

Who is the man that fears the Lord?
He will instruct him in the way he should choose.

Psalm 25:12

Examples of the Fear of the LORD

12 As the sun was setting, a deep sleep came over Abram, and suddenly great terror and darkness descended on him.

13 Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know this for certain: Your offspring will be resident aliens for four hundred years in a land that does not belong to them and will be enslaved and oppressed.[d] 14 However, I will judge the nation they serve, and afterward they will go out with many possessions. 15 But you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age. 16 In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”[e]

Genesis 15:12-16 CSB