Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.
Parallel translations
- WEB Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him.
- KJV O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
- NKJV Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him.
- NASB Fear the Lord, you His saints; For to those who fear Him there is no lack of anything.
- NLT Fear the Lord, you his godly people, for those who fear him will have all they need.
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Quick answer
Those who fear the Lord lack nothing they truly need.
Overview
David calls God's holy ones to reverent fear, assuring them that such fear leads to provision rather than want. The Lord supplies the needs of those devoted to him. This confidence is deepened in Christ, through whom God promises to supply every need of his people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Rom 8:32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
- Phil 4:19And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
- Ps 23:1A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- Luke 12:30–32For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
- Ps 31:23Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.
- Ps 89:7In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
- Rev 15:3–4and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
- Gen 22:12“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”
- 1 Cor 3:22–23whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
- Isa 8:13–14The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.
- Ps 22:23You who fear the LORD, praise Him! All descendants of Jacob, honor Him! All offspring of Israel, revere Him!
- Hos 3:5Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
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