And Samuel said, Does the Lord take [as great] pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in hearing the words of the Lord? Behold, obedience is better than a good sacrifice, and hearkening than the fat of rams.

Six times He shall deliver you out of distresses, and in the seventh, harm shall not touch you.

and built high places for Baal, to burn their children in the fire, which things I commanded not, neither did I design [them] in My heart.

With what shall I reach the Lord, and lay hold of my God most high? Shall I reach Him by whole burnt offerings, by calves of a year old?

Has it not been told you, O man, what is good? Or what does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, and love mercy, and be ready to walk with the Lord your God?

No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not permit you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation, He will also make the way out, [so as for] you to be able to bear it.

For if there is first a readiness, it is acceptable according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.

considering that even from the dead, God [was] able to raise [him up], from which he also received him in a figurative sense.

And Abraham said, Why I said, Surely there is not the worship of God in this place, and they will slay me because of my wife.

Because Abraham your father listened to My voice, and kept My injunctions, My commandments, My ordinances, and My statutes.

And he said to them on the third day, Do this, and you shall live, for I fear God.

And Moses said to them, Be of good courage, for God has come to you to test you, that His fear may be among you, that you sin not.

Only fear the Lord, and serve Him in truth and with all your heart, for you see what great things He has done for you.

But if you continue to do evil, then shall you and your king be consumed.

And Samuel said, Does the Lord take [as great] pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in hearing the words of the Lord? Behold, obedience is better than a good sacrifice, and hearkening than the fat of rams.

But as for the former acts of extortion in which [those who were] before me oppressed them, they even took of them their last money, forty shekels for bread and wine; and the [very] outcasts of them exercised authority over the people; but I did not so, because of the fear of God.

And He said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding.

For the Lord knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice in Him with trembling.

Who is the man that fears the Lord? He shall instruct him in the way which he has chosen.

The Lord is the strength of them that fear Him; and His covenant is to manifest [truth] to them.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and all that act accordingly have a good understanding; His praise endures forever and ever.

Alleluia. Blessed is the man that fears the Lord; he will delight greatly in His commandments.

The Lord takes pleasure in them that fear Him, and in all that hope in His mercy.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and [there is] good understanding to all that practice it: and godliness toward God is the beginning of discernment; but the ungodly will nullify wisdom and instruction.

He that has sinned has done evil from that time, and from long beforehand. Nevertheless I know, that it is well with them that fear God, that they may fear before Him.

But it shall not be well with the ungodly, and he shall not prolong his days, [which are but] a shadow; forasmuch as he fears not before God.

Hear the end of the matter, the sum: Fear God, and keep His commandments; for this is man's all.

And I will make with them an everlasting covenant, which I will by no means turn away from them, and I will put My fear into their heart, that they may not depart from Me.

But to you that fear My name shall the Sun of righteousness arise, and healing [shall be] in His wings: and you shall go forth, and bound as young calves let loose from bonds.

Thus let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works, and they may glorify your Father who is in heaven.

He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.

Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.

Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified, and going in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, were multiplying.

Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.

But someone will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith [apart] from your works, and I will show you my faith by means of my works.

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?

Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by means of his works faith was made perfect?

Then a voice came from the throne, saying, "Praise our God, all His servants and those who fear Him, both small and great!"

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up on behalf of us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

By this the love of God is manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, in order that we might live through Him.

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.