Exodus 1:17
But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt ordered them; instead, they let the baby boys live.
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Genesis 42:18Joseph said to them on the third day, “Do this and live, for I fear God.
1 Samuel 22:17The king said to the guard that stood around him, “Turn and kill the priests of Yahweh. Because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, but did not reveal it to me.” But the servants of the king would not put out their hand to kill the priests of Yahweh.
Nehemiah 5:15But the former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people, and took from them forty shekels of silver for their daily food and wine. Even their servants oppressed the people. But I did not do so because of the fear of God.
Psalms 31:19How great is your goodness 1 that you have stored up for those who revere you, 1 that you perform for those who take refuge in you 1 before all the children of mankind! 1
Proverbs 16:6By covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness iniquity is atoned for 1 and by the fear of Yahweh people turn away from evil. 1
Ecclesiastes 8:12Even though a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives a long time, yet I know that it will be better for those who respect God, for those who stand before him and show him respect.
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 →