“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
Parallel translations
- KJV There is no fear of God before their eyes.
- BSB “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
- NKJV “Thereis no fear of God before their eyes.”
- NASB “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
- NLT “They have no fear of God at all.”
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Cross-references · 7
- Ps 36:1For the Chief Musician. By David, the servant of Yahweh. An inner sanctuary is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: “There is no fear of God before his eyes.”
- Prov 23:17Don’t let your heart envy sinners; but rather fear Yahweh all day long.
- Prov 16:6By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.
- Prov 8:13The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
- Gen 20:11Abraham said, “Because I thought, ‘Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife’s sake.’
- Rev 19:5A voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!”
- Luke 23:40But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Don’t you even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation?
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