Joe Napalm - a son of Liberty

Sunday, August 21, 2005

Hate What God Hates

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." (Proverbs 9:10 and Psalm 111:10 NKJV)
"The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life." (Proverbs 14:27 NKJV)
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge." (Proverbs 1:7 NKJV)
"The fear of the Lord prolongs days." (Proverbs 10:27 NKJV)
"By humility and fear of the Lord are riches and honor and life." (Proverbs 22:4 NKJV)

Fear is mentioned roughly 379 times in the Scriptures. What is fear?

"The fear of the Lord is to hate evil" (Proverbs 8:13 NKJV). Hate what God hates. Love what God loves.

posted by Joe Napalm @ 8:57 PM

1 Comments:

At 12:14 PM, Anonymous said…

I never realized how many times the word fear was found in the Scriptures. It would be neat to do a study of the different ways fear is translated in the Hebrew and the Greek. Example: How does the fear in 2 Timothy (We have not been given a spirit of fear...) compare to the fear in Proverbs? Nice post Jonathan.