Abraham replied,“ I thought,‘ This is a godless place. They will want my wife and will kill me to get her.’

亚伯拉罕说：“我以为这地方的人总不惧怕神，必为我妻子的缘故杀我。

亚伯拉罕说：“我以为这地方的人根本不敬畏上帝，必为我妻子的缘故杀我。

亚伯拉罕说：“我以为这地方的人根本不敬畏神，必为我妻子的缘故杀我。

亚伯拉罕回答说：“因为我想这里的人不敬畏上帝，他们必为了夺我妻子而杀我。

亚伯拉罕回答：“因为我以为这地方必定没有敬畏神的人，他们会因我妻子的缘故杀我。

亚伯拉罕回答：“因为我想这地方一定没有敬畏神的人，他们会因我妻子的缘故杀了我。

亞伯拉罕說：「我以為這地方的人總不懼怕神，必為我妻子的緣故殺我。

亞伯拉罕說：「我以為這地方的人根本不敬畏上帝，必為我妻子的緣故殺我。

亞伯拉罕說：「我以為這地方的人根本不敬畏神，必為我妻子的緣故殺我。

亞伯拉罕回答說：「因為我想這裡的人不敬畏上帝，他們必為了奪我妻子而殺我。

亞伯拉罕回答：“因為我以為這地方必定沒有敬畏神的人，他們會因我妻子的緣故殺我。

亞伯拉罕說：『我心裏說，這地方總沒有畏懼上帝的心，總會為了我妻子的緣故來殺我。

亞伯拉罕回答：「因為我想這地方一定沒有敬畏神的人，他們會因我妻子的緣故殺了我。

亞伯拉罕曰、我意此邦不畏上帝、必緣我妻而殺我、

亞伯拉罕曰、我意此邦不畏上帝、恐為我妻而殺我。

亞伯拉罕曰、我意在此者不畏天主、恐緣我妻而殺我、

Abraham replied,“ I said to myself,‘ There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’

Abraham replied,“ I thought,‘ There is no respect for God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’

Abraham said,“ I did it because I thought,‘ There is no fear of God at all in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’

Abraham replied,“ I thought,‘ There is absolutely no fear of God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’

Abraham said,“ Because I thought, surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.

And Abraham said,“ Because I thought, surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will kill me on account of my wife.

And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.

Abraham replied,“ I thought,‘ There is absolutely no fear of God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’

And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God[ is] not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.

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

Abraham said,“ Because I thought,‘ Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife’s sake.’

When the Egyptians see you, they will say,‘ This is his wife. Let’s kill him; then we can have her!’

When the men who lived there asked Isaac about his wife, Rebekah, he said,“ She is my sister.” He was afraid to say,“ She is my wife.” He thought,“ They will kill me to get her, because she is so beautiful.”

Unfailing love and faithfulness make atonement for sin. By fearing the Lord, people avoid evil.

The former governors, in contrast, had laid heavy burdens on the people, demanding a daily ration of food and wine, besides forty pieces of silver. Even their assistants took advantage of the people. But because I feared God, I did not act that way.

On the third day Joseph said to them,“ I am a God fearing man. If you do as I say, you will live.

And this is what he says to all humanity:‘ The fear of the Lord is true wisdom; to forsake evil is real understanding.’”

Will those who do evil never learn? They eat up my people like bread and wouldn’t think of praying to the Lord.

All who fear the Lord will hate evil. Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance, corruption and perverse speech.

“ Don’t lay a hand on the boy!” the angel said.“ Do not hurt him in any way, for now I know that you truly fear God. You have not withheld from me even your son, your only son.”

There once was a man named Job who lived in the land of Uz. He was blameless— a man of complete integrity. He feared God and stayed away from evil.

Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord, and you will gain knowledge of God.

Sin whispers to the wicked, deep within their hearts. They have no fear of God at all.In their blind conceit, they cannot see how wicked they really are.Everything they say is crooked and deceitful. They refuse to act wisely or do good.They lie awake at night, hatching sinful plots. Their actions are never good. They make no attempt to turn from evil.

“ They have no fear of God at all.”

Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.