Exodus 1:17
But the women had the fear of God, and did not do as the king of Egypt said, but let the male children go on living.
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Genesis 42:18And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fearing man:
1 Samuel 22:17Then the king said to the runners who were waiting near him, Put the priests of the Lord to death; because they are on David's side, and having knowledge of his flight, did not give me word of it. But the king's servants would not put out their hands to make an attack on the Lord's priests.
Nehemiah 5:15But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.
Psalms 31:19\31:18\Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.
Proverbs 16:6By mercy and good faith evil-doing is taken away: and by the fear of the Lord men are turned away from evil.
Ecclesiastes 8:12Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life is long, I am certain that it will be well for those who go in fear of God and are in fear before him.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 1:16-22
15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: 16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. 17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. 18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done… Read the whole commentary →