Genesis 42:18

WEB

¹⁸Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.

KJV

¹⁸And Joseph^[+] said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

BSB

¹⁸and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:

FBV

¹⁸On the third day he told them, “Since I'm someone who respects God, do as I tell you and you'll live.

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Extra References

Leviticus 25:43

⁴³You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.

¹⁵But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, plus forty shekels^[+] of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people, but I didn’t do so, because of the fear of God.

Genesis 20:11

¹¹Abraham said, “Because I thought, ‘Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife’s sake.’

Luke 18:2

²saying, “There was a judge in a certain city who didn’t fear God and didn’t respect man.

Luke 18:4

⁴He wouldn’t for a while; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man,

Nehemiah 5:9

⁹Also I said, “The thing that you do is not good. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?