And Samuel said: Has Jehovah as great a delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in to obey the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams.

He will deliver you in six troubles; yea, in seven no evil shall touch you:

They have also built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings to Baal, which I never commanded nor spoke, nor did it even come into My mind.

With what shall I come before Jehovah, to bow myself before the loftiness of God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with yearling calves?

O man, He has declared to you what is good. And what does Jehovah require of you, but to do justice, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.

No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also provide a way out, that you may be able to bear it.

For if something is presented eagerly, it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.

reckoning that God had the power to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.

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.

because Abraham has obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.

And Joseph said to them the third day, Do this and live, for I fear God:

And Moses said to the people, Do not fear; for God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before you, that you not sin.

Only fear Jehovah, and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you.

But if you do wickedly to do evil, you shall be swept away, both you and your king.

And Samuel said: Has Jehovah as great a delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in to obey the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams.

But the former governors who had been before me were heavy on the people, and took from them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people, but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.

And to man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.

For Jehovah knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked shall perish.

Serve Jehovah with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

Who is the man that fears Jehovah? He shall teach him in the way that He chooses.

The secret of Jehovah is with those who fear Him; and He will make them know His Covenant.

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who do His commandments. His praise stands eternally.

Praise YAH! Blessed is the man who fears Jehovah, who delights greatly in His Commandments.

Jehovah takes pleasure in those who fear Him, in those who hope in His mercy.

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him.

But it shall not be well with the wicked, nor shall he prolong his days, which are like a shadow; because he does not fear before God.

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments; for this is for every man.

And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good. But I will put My fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from Me.

But to you who fear My name, the Sun of Righteousness shall rise up, with healing on His wings. And you shall go out and frisk like calves of the stall.

Let your light so shine before men, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father 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, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.

Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.

But someone will say, You have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith from my works.

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

Do you see how faith was working together with his works, and from works faith was made complete?

Then a voice came from the throne, saying, Praise our God, all you 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 everyone believing into Him should not perish but have eternal life.

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

He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

In this the love of God was revealed in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, 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.