Verse 23

The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 5:6 : 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.
  • Heb 13:5-6 : 5 Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, "I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you." 6 So that with good courage we say, "The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?"
  • Phil 4:11-12 : 11 Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it. 12 I know how to be humbled, and I know also how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.
  • 1 Tim 4:8 : 8 For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.
  • Prov 10:27 : 27 The fear of Yahweh prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
  • Prov 14:26-27 : 26 In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children. 27 The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.
  • Ps 90:14 : 14 Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
  • Ps 103:17 : 17 But Yahweh's loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children's children;
  • Ps 145:18-20 : 18 Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. 19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them. 20 Yahweh preserves all those who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.
  • Isa 58:10-11 : 10 and if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then your light shall rise in darkness, and your obscurity be as the noonday; 11 and Yahweh will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make strong your bones; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters don't fail.
  • Prov 12:21 : 21 No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.
  • 1 Tim 6:6-9 : 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can't carry anything out. 8 But having food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9 But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.
  • Ps 85:9 : 9 Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.
  • 2 Tim 4:18 : 18 And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • Acts 9:31 : 31 So the assemblies throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
  • Rom 8:28 : 28 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
  • Mal 3:16-17 : 16 Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name. 17 They shall be mine," says Yahweh of Armies, "my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.
  • Mal 4:2 : 2 But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.
  • Ps 91:16 : 16 I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation." A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.
  • Ps 25:13 : 13 His soul shall dwell at ease. His seed shall inherit the land.
  • Ps 34:9-9 : 9 Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him. 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing. 11 Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.
  • Ps 19:9 : 9 The fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever. Yahweh's ordinances are true, and righteous altogether.
  • Ps 33:18-19 : 18 Behold, Yahweh's eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness; 19 to deliver their soul from death, to keep them alive in famine.