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The Fear of the Lord Scriptures

Posted on 07/22/2023 | Comments Off on The Fear of the Lord Scriptures

Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 9:10-11 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you.

Proverbs 15:33 The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom,
And before honor is humility.

Psalm 111:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
A good understanding have all those who do His commandments.
His praise endures forever.

Proverbs 22:4 By humility and the fear of the Lord Are riches and honor and life.

Proverbs 1:27-33 When your terror comes like a storm, And your destruction comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you. 28 “Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.
29 Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the Lord,
30 They would have none of my counsel And despised my every rebuke. 31 Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled to the full with their own fancies. 32 For the turning away of the simple will slay them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them; 33 But whoever listens to me will dwell safely, And will be secure, without fear of evil.”

Proverbs 2:1-5 My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you, 2 So that you incline your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding;
3 Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding,
4 If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures;
5 Then you will understand the fear of the Lord, And find the knowledge of God.

Proverbs 10:27 The fear of the Lord prolongs days, But the years of the wicked will be shortened.

Proverbs 19:23 The fear of the Lord leads to life, And he who has it will abide in satisfaction; He will not be visited with evil.

Proverbs 14:26-27 In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence, And His children will have a place of refuge. 27 The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life,
To turn one away from the snares of death.

Proverbs 16:6 In mercy and truth Atonement is provided for iniquity; And by the fear of the Lord one departs from evil.

Proverbs 23:17-18 Do not let your heart envy sinners, But be zealous for the fear of the Lord all the day; 18 For surely there is a hereafter, And your hope will not be cut off.

Psalm 25:12-14 Who is the man that fears the Lord? Him shall He teach in the way He chooses. 13 He himself shall dwell in prosperity, And his descendants shall inherit the earth. 14 The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him, And He will show them His covenant.

Psalm 33:18-19 Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, On those who hope in His mercy, 19 To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.

Psalm 34:7-11 The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him,
And delivers them. Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! 9 Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints!
There is no want to those who fear Him. 10 The young lions lack and suffer hunger; But those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing. 11 Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

Psalm 85:8-9 I will hear what God the Lord will speak, For He will speak peace To His people and to His saints; But let them not turn back to folly.
9 Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, That glory may dwell in our land.

Psalm 86:11-13 Teach me Your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name. 12 I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And I will glorify Your name forevermore. 13 For great is Your mercy toward me, And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

Psalm 103:11-14 For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; 12 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. 13 As a father pities his children,
So the Lord pities those who fear Him. 14 For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.

Psalm 103:17  But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting
On those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children’s children,

Psalm 115:11-13 You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield. 2 The Lord has been mindful of us; He will bless us; He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron. 13 He will bless those who fear the Lord, Both small and great.

Psalm 118:2-4 Let Israel now say, “His mercy endures forever.” 3 Let the house of Aaron now say, “His mercy endures forever.” 4 Let those who fear the Lord now say, “His mercy endures forever.”

Psalm 119:38 Establish Your word to Your servant, Who is devoted to fearing You.

Psalm 119:63 I am a companion of all who fear You, And of those who keep Your precepts.

Psalm 119:74 Those who fear You will be glad when they see me, Because I have hoped in Your word.

Psalm 119:79 Let those who fear You turn to me, Those who know Your testimonies.

Psalm 145:19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them.

Psalm 147:11 The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him, In those who hope in His mercy.

Joshua 24:14-15 “Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord! 15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Isaiah 11:1-5 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots. 2 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 of the fear of the Lord. 3 His delight is in the fear of the Lord, And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of His ears; 4 But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, And decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked. 5 Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, And faithfulness the belt of His waist.

Isaiah 33:6 Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, And the strength of salvation; The fear of the Lord is His treasure.

Jeremiah 32:36-41 “Now therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, ‘It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: 37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries where I have driven them in My anger, in My fury, and in great wrath; I will bring them back to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely. 38 They shall be My people, and I will be their God; 39 then I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them. 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me. 41 Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will assuredly plant them in this land, with all My heart and with all My soul.

Malachi 4:1-3 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up,” Says the Lord of hosts, “That will leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings;
And you shall go out and grow fat like stall-fed calves. 3 You shall trample the wicked,
For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I do this,” says the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 3:16-18 Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another,
And the Lord listened and heard them; So, a book of remembrance was written before Him For those who fear the Lord And who meditate on His name. 17 “They shall be Mine,” says the Lord of hosts, “On the day that I make them My jewels. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.” 18 Then you shall again discern Between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God And one who does not serve Him.

1 Peter 2:17 Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

Ephesians 5:15-21 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; 20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; 21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

Exodus 20:18-20 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. 19 And they said unto Moses, speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. 20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.

Genesis 22:10-12  And Abraham stretched forth his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11 And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, here am I. 12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

Acts 10:34-35 Then Peter opened his mouth and said: “In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. 35 But in every nation, whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him. 

Proverbs 13:13-14 He who despises the word will be destroyed, but he who fears the commandment will be rewarded. 14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to turn one away from the snares of death.

1 Peter 1:15-17 15 but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.” 17 And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; 18 knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

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Spiritual Warfare #21 The Fear of the Lord

Posted on 05/17/2022 | Comments Off on Spiritual Warfare #21 The Fear of the Lord

          The fear of the Lord may be the most significant thing we can learn concerning spiritual warfare. If spiritual warfare was a wheel, and all the spokes of the wheel were different aspects of spiritual warfare, the fear of the Lord would be the hub of that wheel, holding all the spokes together in their perfect place and in perfect alignment.

          The Bible is full of instruction concerning the fear of the Lord, but we rarely see it taught with any depth or clarity. I believe the main reason for this is that the Church, for the most part, has lost the fear of the Lord. We have almost no one to model the fear of the Lord for us and what we see modeled is religious fear and the fear of man.

Religious Fear

Isaiah 29:13 Therefore the Lord said: “Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but have removed their hearts far from Me, and their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,

          Religious fear is marked by religious activity, and a works mentality. It often comes from a desire to be involved in a religious organization, like a church or ministry that appeals to our itchy ears. Religious fear is a fear taught by men and does not bring a person’s heart closer to God. It is not motivated by the fear of the Lord but by religious conformity to a certain doctrine or religious practice.

          People bound by religious fear attend church and experience the presence of the Lord in worship but go home and remain unchanged. They attend church but never become the Church. They bear little fruit and show no spiritual growth, just an increase in religious knowledge.

Fear of Man

Proverbs 29:25 The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe.

          The fear of man trusts in man’s opinion instead of God’s word. A fear that is motivated by the demands and expectations of leadership. A fear that is driven by a desire to be approved of a person or an organization rather than God. We can easily be trapped in the fear of man if our primary way of learning about the Bible is to allow other men to teach us without having a real hunger for reading and understanding the Bible for ourselves.

          The Bible is the only book that is alive. There are certain parts of the Bible that the Lord will highlight to us personally, and emphasize to us emphatically if we will esteem it properly. If we trust the reading and interpretation of God’s word wholly to others, we will never discover the fullness of what God is saying to us personally. We must all find ourselves in the scriptures.

          Another type of fear we need to identify is demonic fear.

Demonic Fear

Romans 8:15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.

2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.

          The mark of demonic fear is that it is unnatural, unreasonable, and tormenting. It binds and enslaves, making us feel powerless against it. Demonic fear is a clear indicator that we need a revelation of the love of God, and that we lack an intimate relationship with the Father.

          God is Love. If we practice intimacy with God daily when no one else is looking, the power of demonic fear will soon be broken.

          We see in 1 John 4:18 that there is no fear in love, and that perfect love casts out fear. By this we know that the fear of the Lord is very different from the three types of fear mentioned above.

           So, what is the fear of the Lord?

          The fear of the Lord is a supernatural perspective that must be desired and pursued. It is a act of our will and a fear that is to be reserved for God alone. The fear of the Lord has profound effects on every aspect of our lives. It is the reasonable response to His holiness, His omnipotence, and His immeasurable majesty.

         The fear of the Lord is a holy awe. A reverential admiration that produces in us a desire for absolute obedience and a need to treasure Him in worship. The fear of the Lord births in us a holy hatred for sin and a submissive heart that desires to always be pleasing to the Father.

          The fear of the Lord is a doorway to signs and wonders. When we lose the fear of the Lord, we sacrifice much of the supernatural in our lives and in our services. All we are left with is an atmosphere that God frequently visits, but not a people with whom He abides in and moves through.

         The fear of the Lord is one of the seven-fold expressions of the Spirit of God. To better understand the fear of the Lord, we must familiarize ourselves with the person and nature of the Holy Spirit. The seven distinct characteristics, or expressions of the Holy Spirit are listed in Isaiah 11:2, and also referred to in Revelation 4:5, and 5:6.

Isaiah 11:1-3 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots. 2 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 of the fear of the Lord. 3 His delight is in the fear of the Lord, And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;

          This is a prophecy about Jesus and the seven-fold expressions of the Holy Spirit that marked Him as the Messiah. The same Spirit now abides in every believer.

          In verse 3 we see that above all these seven expressions of the Spirit, Jesus delighted in the fear of the Lord.

          In Hebrews we see how the fear of God caused Jesus’s prayers to be heard and answered.

Hebrews 5:7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear

          If the fear of the Lord was important for Jesus to have His prayers heard and answered, how much more important should it be for us?

          In Malachi 3, we see an important dialog about the fear of the Lord. As God was rebuking and correcting His people for complaining, there were some among them that feared the Lord and had a conversation amongst themselves. They were not praying, just talking with one another.

Malachi 3:16-17 Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another,
And the Lord listened and heard them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who meditate on His name. 17 “They shall be Mine,” says the Lord of hosts, “On the day that I make them My jewels. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.”

          The fear of the Lord is so significant, that God not only hears and answers the prayers of those that fear Him, but He also listens to every conversation. In this case, a book of remembrance was written in Heaven because of their Godly fear and meditation on His great name. God said of those that feared Him, “They shall be mine, and I will make them my jewels.”

          Consider just how important the fear of the Lord is to our Heavenly Father.

Isaiah 33:6 Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, And the strength of salvation; The fear of the Lord is His treasure.

          To fear the Lord is to see God as our treasure. God’s treasure is when we see Him with a clear and proper perspective. To fear Him, is to treasure Him and give Him our whole heart.  

 Matthew 6:21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Blessings of the Fear of the Lord

          Attached to the fear of the Lord are more promises and blessings than any other theme mentioned in the Bible as far as I can tell. Other than being God’s treasure, let’s look at some of the other blessings that the fear of the Lord brings.

Psalm 111:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments. His praise endures forever.

Proverbs 9:10 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction

Proverbs 4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore, get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.

          Wisdom, knowledge, and understanding are also expressions of the seven-fold Spirit of God, but they all begin with the fear of the Lord. Wisdom is described as the principal thing. Meaning it is first in rank and order. It is the first fruit, yet it starts with the fear of the Lord.

          The fear of the Lord is the catalyst by which all other expressions of the Holy Spirit are perfected. It is the tree that all other branches of the Holy Spirit grow from.

Psalm 25:14 The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him, And He will show them His covenant.

 Proverbs 20:5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, But a man of understanding will draw it out.

         The Spirit of council, another facet of the seven-fold Spirit of God, reveals the secret of the Lord and His covenant by the fear of the Lord. The Holy Spirit dwells in the heart of every believer. To understand and receive Godly council, to understand the secret mysteries of the Lord, and to be a good steward of those mysteries, one must fear the Lord.

Proverbs 1 28-29 “Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me. 29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord,

          The fear of the Lord is a choice. It is an act of our free will, and the first step to complete submission.

Psalm 34:11 Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

Psalm 25:12 Who is the man that fears the Lord? Him shall He teach in the way He chooses.

Psalm 86:11 Teach me Your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name.

          If we choose the fear of the Lord, that is the beginning of wisdom. When we ask God to teach us the fear of the Lord, that is the beginning of true knowledge and understanding.

Job 28:28 And to man He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.’ 

Psalm 89:7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be held in reverence by all those around Him.

          There must be a restoration of the fear of the Lord when we assemble. The reverence and awe that is missing in the Church will only return if we choose it and seek it. We must ask God to forgive us and teach us about the fear of the Lord so we can become the bride without spot or wrinkle.

2 Corinthians 7:1 Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

          Holiness is only perfected in the fear of the Lord. We are commanded to be holy as He is holy. (1 Peter 1:16) The narrow pathway to holiness is through the fear of the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all.

          What is the bottom line? Fear God and do what He says. Pretty simple huh? Let’s not make it complicated.

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