Genesis 22:12
He said, “Do not lay your hand upon the lad, nor do anything to harm him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing that you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”
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Genesis 20:11Abraham said, “Because I thought, 'Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'
Genesis 26:5I will do this because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my instructions, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”
Exodus 20:20Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid, for God has come to test you so that the honor of him may be in you, and so that you do not sin.”
1 Samuel 15:22Samuel replied, “Has Yahweh as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Obedience is better than sacrifice, and to listen is better than the fat of rams.
Job 5:19He will rescue you out of six troubles; 1 indeed, in seven troubles, no evil will touch you. 1
Psalms 1:6For Yahweh approves of the way of the righteous, 1 but the way of the wicked will 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 →