He commanded them: “Carry out your duties with respect for the Lord, with honesty, and with pure motives.

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

But as for me, because of your great faithfulness I will enter your house; I will bow down toward your holy temple as I worship you.

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.

Do not let your heart envy sinners, but rather be zealous in fearing the Lord all the time.

He will take delight in obeying the Lord. He will not judge by mere appearances, or make decisions on the basis of hearsay.

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

Why, Lord, do you make us stray from your ways, and make our minds stubborn so that we do not obey you? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance!

Their rims were high and awesome, and the rims of all four wheels were full of eyes all around.

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

This very day I will begin to fill all the people of the earth with dread and to terrify them when they hear about you. They will shiver and shake in anticipation of your approach.”

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,

Then I said, “The thing that you are doing is wrong! Should you not conduct yourselves in the fear of our God in order to avoid the reproach of the Gentiles who are our enemies?

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.

The Lord’s spirit will rest on him – a spirit that gives extraordinary wisdom, a spirit that provides the ability to execute plans, a spirit that produces absolute loyalty to the Lord.

I will make a lasting covenant with them that I will never stop doing good to them. I will fill their hearts and minds with respect for me so that they will never again turn away from me.

Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you so that you do not sin.”

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.