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Deuteronomy 13:3
You must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer, for the LORD your God will be testing you to see if you love him with all your mind and being.
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Isaiah 8:13
You must recognize the authority of the LORD who commands armies. He is the one you must respect; he is the one you must fear.
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Proverbs 3:7
Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
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Deuteronomy 8:2
Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these forty years through the desert so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.
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Genesis 22:1
Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him,“ Abraham!”“ Here I am!” Abraham replied.
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1 Samuel 12 20
Then Samuel said to the people,“ Don’t be afraid. You have indeed sinned. However, don’t turn aside from the LORD. Serve the LORD with all your heart.
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Job 28:28
And he said to mankind,‘ The fear of the LORD– that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
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Deuteronomy 10:12
Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you except to revere him, to obey all his commandments, to love him, to serve him with all your mind and being,
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Genesis 22:12
“ Do not harm the boy!” the angel said.“ Do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me.”
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Proverbs 16:6
Through loyal love and truth iniquity is appeased; through fearing the LORD one avoids evil.
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Joshua 24:14
Now obey the LORD and worship him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt and worship the LORD.
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Exodus 15:25-26
He cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree. When Moses threw it into the water, the water became safe to drink. There the Lord made for them a binding ordinance, and there he tested them.He said,“ If you will diligently obey the LORD your God, and do what is right in his sight, and pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then all the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians I will not bring on you, for I, the LORD, am your healer.”
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Deuteronomy 6:2
and that you may so revere the LORD your God that you will keep all his statutes and commandments that I am giving you– you, your children, and your grandchildren– all your lives, to prolong your days.
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Nehemiah 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.
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Proverbs 1:7
Fearing the LORD is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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Genesis 20:11
Abraham replied,“ Because I thought,‘ Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’
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Deuteronomy 4:10
You stood before the LORD your God at Horeb and he said to me,“ Assemble the people before me so that I can tell them my commands. Then they will learn to revere me all the days they live in the land, and they will instruct their children.”
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Isaiah 41:10
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you– yes, I help you– yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!