Then Abraha answered, Because I thought thus, Surely the feare of God is not in this place, and they will slay me for my wiues sake.
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TSK · Proverbs 16:6
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Oppresse not ye therefore any man his neighbour, but thou shalt feare thy God: for I am the Lorde your God.
I said also, That which ye do, is not good. Ought ye not to walke in the feare of our God, for the reproche of the heathen our enemies?
There was a man in the lande of Vz called Iob, & this man was an vpright and iust man, one that feared God, and eschewed euill.
Mercie and trueth shall meete: righteousnes and peace shall kisse one another.
The feare of the Lord is to hate euill as pride, and arrogancie, and the euill way: and a mouth that speaketh lewde things, I doe hate.
A wise man feareth, and departeth from euill: but a foole rageth, and is carelesse.
Mercie and trueth preserue the King: for his throne shall be established with mercie.
(4:24) Wherefore, O King, let my counsell be acceptable vnto thee, and breake off thy sinnes by righteousnes, and thine iniquities by mercy toward the poore: lo, let there be an healing of thine errour.
Therefore, giue almes of those thinges which you haue, and beholde, all thinges shall be cleane to you.
And he put no difference betweene vs and them, after that by faith he had purified their heartes.
Submitting your selues one to another in the feare of God.