Genesis 22:12
and He saith, `Put not forth thine hand unto the youth, nor do anything to him, for now I have known that thou art fearing God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from Me.'
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- 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 And Samuel saith, `Hath Jehovah had delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as `in' hearkening to the voice of Jehovah? lo, hearkening than sacrifice is better; to give attention than fat of rams;
- Jas 2:21-22 : 21 Abraham our father -- was not he declared righteous out of works, having brought up Isaac his son upon the altar? 22 dost thou see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected?
- Jas 2:18 : 18 But say may some one, Thou hast faith, and I have works, shew me thy faith out of thy works, and I will shew thee out of my works my faith:
- Gen 20:11 : 11 And Abraham saith, `Because I said, `Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they have slain me for the sake of my wife;
- Gen 26:5 : 5 because that Abraham hath hearkened to My voice, and keepeth My charge, My commands, My statutes, and My laws.'
- Gen 42:18 : 18 And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, `This do and live; God I fear!
- Exod 20:20 : 20 And Moses saith unto the people, `Fear not, for to try you hath God come, and in order that His fear may be before your faces -- that ye sin not.'
- 1 Sam 12:24-25 : 24 only, fear ye Jehovah, and ye have served Him in truth with all your heart, for see that which He hath made great with you; 25 and if ye really do evil, both ye and your king are consumed.'
- Gen 22:2 : 2 And He saith, `Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou hast loved, even Isaac, and go for thyself unto the land of Moriah, and cause him to ascend there for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains of which I speak unto thee.'
- 1 John 4:9-9 : 9 In this was manifested the love of God in us, because His Son -- the only begotten -- hath God sent to the world, that we may live through him; 10 in this is the love, not that we loved God, but that He did love us, and did send His Son a propitiation for our sins.
- Rev 19:5 : 5 And a voice out of the throne did come forth, saying, `Praise our God, all ye His servants, and those fearing Him, both the small and the great;'
- Neh 5:15 : 15 the former governors who `are' before me have made themselves heavy on the people, and take of them in bread and wine, besides in silver forty shekels; also, their servants have ruled over the people -- and I have not done so, because of the fear of God.
- Job 5:19 : 19 In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
- Job 28:28 : 28 And He saith to man: -- `Lo, fear of the Lord, that `is' wisdom, And to turn from evil `is' understanding.'
- Ps 1:6 : 6 For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!
- Ps 2:11 : 11 Serve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.
- Ps 25:12 : 12 Who `is' this -- the man fearing Jehovah? He directeth him in the way He doth choose.
- Ps 25:14 : 14 The secret of Jehovah `is' for those fearing Him, And His covenant -- to cause them to know.
- Ps 111:10-112:1 : 10 The beginning of wisdom `is' fear of Jehovah, Good understanding have all doing them, His praise `is' standing for ever! 1 Praise ye Jah! O the happiness of one fearing Jehovah, In His commands he hath delighted greatly.
- Ps 147:11 : 11 Jehovah is pleased with those fearing Him, With those waiting for His kindness.
- Prov 1:7 : 7 Fear of Jehovah `is' a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!
- Eccl 8:12-13 : 12 Though a sinner is doing evil a hundred `times', and prolonging `himself' for it, surely also I know that there is good to those fearing God, who fear before Him. 13 And good is not to the wicked, and he doth not prolong days as a shadow, because he is not fearing before God.
- Eccl 12:13 : 13 The end of the whole matter let us hear: -- `Fear God, and keep His commands, for this `is' the whole of man.
- Jer 19:5 : 5 and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons with fire, burnt-offerings to Baal, that I commanded not, nor spake of, nor did it come up on My heart.
- Jer 32:40 : 40 and I have made for them a covenant age-during, in that I turn not back from after them for My doing them good, and My fear I put in their heart, so as not to turn aside from me;
- Mic 6:6-8 : 6 With what do I come before Jehovah? Do I bow to God Most High? Do I come before Him with burnt-offerings? With calves -- sons of a year? 7 Is Jehovah pleased with thousands of rams? With myriads of streams of oil? Do I give my first-born `for' my transgression? The fruit of my body `for' the sin of my soul? 8 He hath declared to thee, O man, what `is' good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except -- to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?
- Mal 4:2 : 2 And risen to you, ye who fear My name, Hath the sun of righteousness -- and healing in its wings, And ye have gone forth, and have increased as calves of a stall.
- Matt 5:16 : 16 so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who `is' in the heavens.
- Matt 10:37-38 : 37 `He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me, 38 and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.
- Matt 16:24 : 24 Then said Jesus to his disciples, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,
- Matt 19:29 : 29 and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name's sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit;
- John 3:16 : 16 for God did so love the world, that His Son -- the only begotten -- He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.
- Acts 9:31 : 31 Then, indeed, the assemblies throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria, had peace, being built up, and, going on in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.
- Rom 5:8 : 8 and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;
- Rom 8:32 : 32 He who indeed His own Son did not spare, but for us all did deliver him up, how shall He not also with him the all things grant to us?
- 1 Cor 10:13 : 13 No temptation hath taken you -- except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear `it'.
- 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 for if the willing mind is present, according to that which any one may have it is well-accepted, not according to that which he hath not;
- Heb 11:19 : 19 reckoning that even out of the dead God is able to raise up, whence also in a figure he did receive `him'.
- Heb 12:28 : 28 wherefore, a kingdom that cannot be shaken receiving, may we have grace, through which we may serve God well-pleasingly, with reverence and religious fear;
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- Gen 22:5-117 verses84%
5and Abraham saith unto his young men, `Remain by yourselves here with the ass, and I and the youth go yonder and worship, and turn back unto you.'
6And Abraham taketh the wood of the burnt-offering, and placeth on Isaac his son, and he taketh in his hand the fire, and the knife; and they go on both of them together.
7And Isaac speaketh unto Abraham his father, and saith, `My father,' and he saith, `Here `am' I, my son.' And he saith, `Lo, the fire and the wood, and where the lamb for a burnt-offering?'
8and Abraham saith, `God doth provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son;' and they go on both of them together.
9And they come in unto the place of which God hath spoken to him, and there Abraham buildeth the altar, and arrangeth the wood, and bindeth Isaac his son, and placeth him upon the altar above the wood;
10and Abraham putteth forth his hand, and taketh the knife -- to slaughter his son.
11And the messenger of Jehovah calleth unto him from the heavens, and saith, `Abraham, Abraham;' and he saith, `Here `am' I;'
- Gen 22:13-164 verses83%
13And Abraham lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, a ram behind, seized in a thicket by its horns; and Abraham goeth, and taketh the ram, and causeth it to ascend for a burnt-offering instead of his son;
14and Abraham calleth the name of that place `Jehovah-Jireh,' because it is said this day in the mount, `Jehovah doth provide.'
15And the messenger of Jehovah calleth unto Abraham a second time from the heavens,
16and saith, `By Myself I have sworn -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- that because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one --
- Gen 22:1-22 verses83%
1And it cometh to pass after these things that God hath tried Abraham, and saith unto him, `Abraham;' and he saith, `Here `am' I.'
2And He saith, `Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou hast loved, even Isaac, and go for thyself unto the land of Moriah, and cause him to ascend there for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains of which I speak unto thee.'
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17By faith Abraham hath offered up Isaac, being tried, and the only begotten he did offer up who did receive the promises,
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6And Abraham saith unto him, `Take heed to thyself, lest thou cause my son to turn back thither;
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12and God saith unto Abraham, `Let it not be wrong in thine eyes because of the youth, and because of thy handmaid: all that Sarah saith unto thee -- hearken to her voice, for in Isaac is a seed called to thee.
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6And God saith unto him in the dream, `Yea, I -- I have known that in the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I withhold thee, even I, from sinning against Me, therefore I have not suffered thee to come against her;
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13and lo, Jehovah is standing upon it, and He saith, `I `am' Jehovah, God of Abraham thy father, and God of Isaac; the land on which thou art lying, to thee I give it, and to thy seed;
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11And Abraham saith, `Because I said, `Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they have slain me for the sake of my wife;
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23and now, swear to me by God here: thou dost not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with thee thou dost with me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.'