Exodus 1:17
But the meyalledot feared HaElohim, and did not as Melech Mitzrayim commanded them, but saved the yeladim alive.
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Genesis 42:18And Yosef said unto them on the Yom HaShlishi, + 42:18 See 1C 15:4 This do, and live; for I fear HaElohim:
1 Samuel 22:17And HaMelech said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the Kohanim of Hashem; because their yad also is with Dovid, and because they knew when he fled, and did not reveal it in my ear. But the avadim of HaMelech would not put forth their yad to strike the Kohanim of Hashem.
Nehemiah 5:15But the former governors that had been before me placed a heavy burden on HaAm, and had taken of them lechem and yayin, in addition to the forty shekels of kesef; yea, even their assistants domineered HaAm; but so did not I, because of yirat Elohim.
Psalms 31:19Let the siftei sheker (lying lips) be put to silence; 1 which speak insolent things with ga'avah (pride) 1 and contemptuously against the tzaddik. 1
Proverbs 16:6By chesed and emes avon is purged, 1 and by the Yirat Hashem men depart from rah. 1
Ecclesiastes 8:12Though a choteh do rah an hundred times, and his yamim be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear HaElohim, which fear before Hashem;
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 →