A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.
The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
Abstain from every form of evil.
and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.
Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of
By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.
“I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”
The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife He
My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
“If they have marched out in peace,” he said, “take them alive. Even if they have marched out for war, take them alive.”
So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorro
He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.
And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.
Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”
The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. T
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.