1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. 2 And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding, the Spirit of Counsel and Might, the Spirit of Knowledge and the Fear of the LORD.
— Isaiah 11:1-2 (ESV)
13 Here is my final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commandments, for this is the entire duty of man.
— Isaiah 11:1-2 (ESV)
Fear of the Lord - to give God’s
2 for you have made your word [even] greater than the whole of your reputation.
— Psalm 138:2b (CJB)15 And the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
— Genesis 2:15-17 (KJV)
1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. 2 And the Angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4 And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, here am I. 5 And he said, draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
— Exodus 3:1-5 (KJV)
7 The Angel of the LORD encamps around those who Fear him and delivers them.
9 Oh, Fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack!
— Psalm 34:7&9 (ESV)
Three Benefits of the Fear of the Lord
- God reveals His
Distinction - is a difference or contrast between people. A separation of things or people according to their attributes or characteristics.