Come children! Listen to me! I will teach you what it means to fear the Lord.

Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

then you will understand how to fear the Lord, and you will discover knowledge about God.

The beginning of wisdom is to fear the Lord, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding.

Fearing the Lord prolongs life, but the life span of the wicked will be shortened.

The fear of the Lord is like a life-giving fountain, to turn people from deadly snares.

The fear of the Lord provides wise instruction, and before honor comes humility.

Fearing the Lord leads to life, and one who does so will live satisfied; he will not be afflicted by calamity.

The reward for humility and fearing the Lord is riches and honor and life.

David replied to him, “How is it that you were not afraid to reach out your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?”

And he said to mankind, ‘The fear of the Lord – that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

The commands to fear the Lord are right and endure forever. The judgments given by the Lord are trustworthy and absolutely just.

To obey the Lord is the fundamental principle for wise living; all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever.

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.

Charm is deceitful and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord will be praised.

He is your constant source of stability; he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom; he gives all this to those who fear him.

Abraham replied, “Because I thought, ‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’

The God of Israel spoke, the protector of Israel spoke to me. The one who rules fairly among men, the one who rules in the fear of God,

They will stay away from all the hills that were cultivated, for fear of the thorns and briers. Cattle will graze there and sheep will trample on them.

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.