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WISDOM AND SOUND ADVICE FROM THE TORAH

Oh, that their hearts would be in clined to fear Me and keep
all My com mands al ways, so that it might go well with them

and their chil dren for ev er! (Deuteronomy, 5:29)

The mid wives, how e ver, feared God... and be cause the mid -
wives feared God, He gave them fam i lies of their own. (Exo-
dus, 1:17, 21)

In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This
man was blame less and up right; he feared God and shunned
evil. (Job, 1:1)

The moun tains quake be fore Him and the hills melt away.
The earth trem bles at His pres ence, the world and all who
live in it. (Nahum, 1:5)

I is sue a de cree that in ev ery part of my king dom peo ple must
fear and rev er ence the God of Daniel... (Daniel, 6:26)

Who, then, is the man that fears the Lord? He will instruct

him in the way chosen for him. He will spend his days in pros-
perity... (Psalms, 25:12-14)

... You must serve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of
the Lord. (2 Chronicles, 19:9)

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge...

(Proverbs, 1:7)

Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God. I am
the Lord your God. (Leviticus, 25:17)

If you fear the Lord and serve and obey Him and do not rebel
against His commands... But be sure to fear the Lord and

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