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NASB | Proverbs 22:4 The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches, honor and life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Proverbs 22:4 The reward of humility [that is, having a realistic view of one's importance] and the [reverent, worshipful] fear of the LORD Is riches, honor, and life. [Prov 21:21] |
Bible Question: how do you properly show fear of the Lord? does this having a fear show belief?!?! |
Bible Answer: It is good to see that question. It may cause us to reflect on a most important topic. We need to know what it means to fear God, and we need to fear God (Ecclesiastes 12). It is chilling to realize that there are some around us and more so some among us who do not fear God. David says (Psalm 36) it is the reason people sin, and why some do it with impunity. They do not know God well enough to respect him. They do not apprehend his power to afflict us, or knowing it, they take advantage of his love and patience. But we should respect God because he is Creator and Sovereign and the Judge of all the earth. God is love, but God is also a consuming fire. If we are wise, the first order of business is to be sure we have a healthy fear of God. Like modern Pharaohs (Exodus 5) some show a lack of the fear of God by disobeying or ignoring God with apparent disregard for the consequences. They may profess that they do not believe there is a place called hell, or they say that God would never send people there. That is an attitude they may live again to regret for a long time. Jesus taught us that we should fear God because he has the power to cast both body and soul into hell. And there are some who know God and yet fail to glorify him (Romans 1). In effect they make themselves out to be God, in that they are wise enough to make life decisions without him. And there are some among us who know God personally and yet fail to tremble at his word. We too, may try to take advantage of his mercy and dabble in sin while believing that his grace will abound to cover it. We may play fast and loose with his word and carelessly teach false doctrines. God has warned us about that (Jeremiah 2, 3, 10, 12, Matthew 5, etc.) but some of us do it anyway. We should fear the Lord, all of us, and be careful and humble before him. We should respect him to the nth degree, and in a real sense be afraid of him. God is love but also, it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. So let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him (Psalm 33:8). |
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