THEOSISProverbs 19:23Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The fear of the Lord is unto life: and he shall abide in the fulness without being visited with evil.
יִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֣ה לְחַיִּ֑ים וְשָׂבֵ֥עַ יָ֝לִ֗ין בַּל־יִפָּ֥קֶד רָֽע׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 14:26In the fear of the Lord is confidence of strength, and there shall be hope for his children.
- Prov 14:27The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to decline from the ruin of death.
- Matt 5:6Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill.
- Isa 58:10When thou shalt pour out thy soul to the hungry, and shalt satisfy the afflicted soul, then shall thy light rise up in darkness, and thy darkness shall be as the noonday.
- Isa 58:11And the Lord will give thee rest continually, and will fill thy soul with brightness, and deliver thy bones, and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a fountain of water whose waters shall not fail.
- Prov 12:21Whatsoever shall befall the just man, shall not make him sad: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
- Heb 13:5Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have. For he hath said: I will not leave thee: neither will I forsake thee.
- Heb 13:6So that we may confidently say: The Lord is my helper: I will not fear what man shall do to me.