Genesis 22:12
And he said, Do not lay thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything to him. For now I know that thou fear God, since thou have not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me.
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Genesis 20:11And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.
Genesis 26:5because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my order, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Exodus 20:20And Moses said to the people, Fear not, for God has come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye not sin.
1 Samuel 15:22And Samuel said, Has LORD as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
Job 5:19He will deliver thee in six troubles. Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Psalms 1:6For LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 22:12-15
Isaac Rescued. ( b. c. 1872.) 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. 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the… Read the whole commentary →