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Proverbs 1:7 (NLT)
Fear of the LORD is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Proverbs 9:10 (NLT)
Fear of the LORD is the foundation of wisdom.Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment.
Proverbs 19:23 (NLT)
Fear of the LORD leads to life,bringing security and protection from harm.
Proverbs 10:27 (NLT)
Fear of the LORD lengthens one’s life,but the years of the wicked are cut short.
Proverbs 14:26 (NLT)
Those who fear the LORD are secure;He will be a refuge for their children.
Proverbs 14:27 (NLT)
Fear of the LORD is a life-giving fountain;it offers escape from the snares of death.
Proverbs 22:4 (NLT)
True humility and fear of the LORDlead to riches, honor, and long life
Psalm 147:11 (NLT)
No, the LORD’s delight is in those who fear him,those who put their hope in his unfailing love.
Psalm 31:19 (NLT)
How great is the goodnessyou have stored up for those who fear you.You lavish it on those who come to you for protection, blessing them before the watching world.
Fear of God = Reverential Awe
An overwhelming feeling of admiration, amazement, respect, reverence, and fear produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful
Exodus 3:1 (NLT)
One day Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock far into the wilderness and came to Sinai, the mountain of God.
Exodus 3:2 (NLT)
There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from the middle of a bush. Moses stared in amazement. Though the bush was engulfed in flames, it didn’t burn up.
Exodus 3:3 (NLT)
“This is amazing,” Moses said to himself. “Why isn’t that bush burning up? I must go see it.”
Exodus 3:4 (NLT)
When the LORD saw Moses coming to take a closer look, God called to him from the middle of the bush, “Moses! Moses!” “Here I am!” Moses replied.
Exodus 3:5 (NLT)
“Do not come any closer,” the LORD warned. “Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy ground.
Exodus 3:6 (NLT)
I am the God of your father - the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”
Exodus 3:6 (NLT)
When Moses heard this, he covered his face because he was afraid to look at God.
2 Chronicles 7:1 (NLT)
When Solomon finished praying, fire flashed down from heaven and burned up the burnt offerings and sacrifices, and the glorious presence of the LORD filled the Temple.
2 Chronicles 7:2 (NLT)
The priests could not enter the Temple of the LORD because the glorious presence of the LORD filled it.
2 Chronicles 7:3 (NLT)
When all the people of Israel saw the fire coming down and the glorious presence of the LORD filling the Temple, they fell face down on the ground and worshiped and praised the LORD, saying,
2 Chronicles 7:3 (NLT)
“He is good!His faithful love endures forever!”
Isaiah 6:1 (NLT)
It was in the year King Uzziah died that I saw the LORD. He was sitting on a lofty throne, and the train of his robe filled the Temple.
Isaiah 6:2 (NLT)
Attending him were mighty seraphim, each having six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew.
Isaiah 6:3 (NLT)
They were calling out to each other, “Holy, Holy, Holy is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies!The whole earth is filled with his glory!”
Isaiah 6:4 (NLT)
Their voices shook the Temple to its foundations, and the entire building was filled with smoke.
Isaiah 6:5 (NLT)
Then I said, “It’s all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”
John 3:16-17 (NLT)
For this is how God loved the world:He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent His son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.
Psalm 86:11 (NIV)
Teach me your way, LORD,that I may rely on your faithfulness;give me an undivided heart,that I may fear your name.
Deuteronomy 4:10 (NLT)
Never forget the day when you stood before the LORD your God at Mount Sinai, where he told me,
Deuteronomy 4:10 (NLT)
“Summon the people before me, and I will personally instruct them. Then they will learn to fear me as long as they live, and they will teach their children to fear me also.”
Psalm 130:3-4 (NLT)
LORD, if you kept a record of our sins,who , O LORD, could ever survive? But you offer forgiveness,that we might learn to fear you.
Characteristics
Acknowledge His Authority
Obedience to His Word
Conscious Pursuit of His Presence
Dependence on Him
Give Glory to Him
Continual Worship to Him
Enjoy Him