Nehemiah 5:15
5:15 But the former governors who preceded me had burdened the people and had taken food and wine from them, in addition to
forty shekels of silver. Their associates were also domineering over the people. But I did not behave in this way, due to my fear of God.
Genesis 42:18
42:18 On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do as I say
and you will live,
for I fear God.
Exodus 18:21
18:21 But you choose
from the people capable men,
God-fearing,
men of truth,
those who hate bribes,
and put them over the people
as rulers
of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Exodus 18:2
18:2 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Moses’ wife Zipporah after he had sent her back,
Exodus 23:3
23:3 and you must not show partiality
to a poor man in his lawsuit.
Exodus 23:1
Justice
23:1 “You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
Exodus 18:3
18:3 and her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom (for Moses
had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land”),
Exodus 18:12
18:12 Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, brought
a burnt offering and sacrifices for God,
and Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat food
with the father-in-law of Moses before God.
Job 1:1
I. The Prologue (1:1-2:13)
Job’s Good Life
1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was pure and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
Isaiah 33:5-6
33:5 The Lord is exalted,
indeed, he lives in heaven;
he fills Zion with justice and fairness.
33:6 He is your constant source of stability;
he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom;
he gives all this to those who fear him.