Reverence

How Nave’s arranged it

• For GodGenesis 17:3Exodus 3:5Exodus 19:16–24Exodus 34:29–35Isaiah 45:9
• See Fear of God
• For God' s houseLeviticus 19:30Leviticus 26:2
• For servants of God1 Samuel 16:4Acts 28:101 Corinthians 16:18Philippians 2:291 Thessalonians 5:121 Thessalonians 5:131 Timothy 5:17Hebrews 13:7Hebrews 13:17
• See Ministers
• For kings1 Samuel 24:61 Samuel 26:91 Samuel 26:112 Samuel 1:142 Samuel 16:21Ecclesiastes 10:201 Peter 2:17
• See RULERS=
• For magistrates Jude 1:8Exodus 22:282 Peter 2:10
• See Rulers
• For parentsExodus 20:12Leviticus 19:3Isaiah 45:10
• See Parents
• For the agedLeviticus 19:32Job 32:4–7

The passages, in Bible order (30)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 17:3

   Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,

   ›Commentary on Genesis 17:31 voice

   “Abram fell face down. We read that in the earlier places of sacred history, holy men invoked the Lord, offered him sacrifices of praise, and lived innocently in his sight, but none had fallen face down before the Lord before Abram. However, the more superior …

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2. Exodus 3:5

   “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

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   “Pass by like Moses, that you may see the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob and that you may see a great vision. This is a great vision, but if you wish to see it, remove the sandals from your feet, remove every bond of iniquity, remove the bonds of the world, leave behind the sandals which are earthly. Likewise Jesus sent the apostles without sandals, without money, gold and silver, so that they would not carry earthly things with them.

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3. Exodus 19:16–24

   On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

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   “The third day, however, is always applied to mysteries. For when the people had departed from Egypt, they offer sacrifice to God on the third day and are purified on the third day. And the third day is the day of the Lord's resurrection. Many other mysteries also are anticipated in this day.

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4. Exodus 20:12

   Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

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   “The formation of the children is then the prerogative of the parents. Therefore honor your father, that he may bless you. Let the godly man honor his father out of gratitude and the ingrate do so on account of fear. Even if the father is poor and does not have plenty of resources to leave to his sons, still he has the heritage of his final blessing with which he may bestow the wealth of sanctification on his descendants. And it is a far greater thing to be blessed than it is to be rich.

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5. Exodus 22:28

   You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.

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   “Thou shalt not revile the gods,....

   “Thou shalt not revile the gods - Most commentators believe that the word gods here means magistrates. The original is אלהים Elohim, and should be understood of the true God only: Thou shalt not blaspheme or make light of [תקלל tekallel] God, the fountain of justice and power, nor curse the ruler of thy people, who derives his authority from God. We shall ever find that he who despises a good civil government, and is disaffected to that under which he lives, is one who has little fear of God before his eyes.

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6. Exodus 34:29–35

   And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD.

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   “Every soul is beautiful which is considered by the standard of its own virtues. But most beautiful, true and lovely, which can be contemplated by him alone who has purified his mind, is that of the divine and blessed nature. He who gazes steadfastly at the splendor and graces of it receives some share from it, as if from an immersion, tinging his own face with a sort of brilliant radiance. Whence Moses also was made resplendent in face by receiving some share of beauty when he held converse with God.

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7. Leviticus 19:3

   Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

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   “Ye shall fear every man his mother and his father,....

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8. Leviticus 19:30

   You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.

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   “Ye shall keep my sabbaths,....

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9. Leviticus 19:32

   You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.

   ›Commentary on Leviticus 19:321 voice

   “Thou shall rise up before the hoary head,.... Or "before old age" (q), which may be discerned by the hoary or grey hairs upon the head; that is, before a grey-headed man, or an old man, and one was reckoned so when he was of seventy years of age; for so it is said (r), one of sixty years is arrived to old age, and one of seventy to grey hairs.

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10. Leviticus 26:2

    You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.

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    “Ye shall keep my sabbaths,....

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11. 1 Samuel 16:4

    So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”

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    “8. As for the historical sense, the elders are amazed, because the prophet was not accustomed to come there. By this it is perhaps signified that chosen teachers should scarcely ever be seen in public, should be frequent in solitude, free from civil affairs, full of spiritual ones. Therefore it becomes a wonder to the people when the person of the pastor is seen in public. They marvel that he goes out whom they knew as a cultivator of secrecy.

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12. 1 Samuel 24:6

    So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”

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    “What a virtuous action that was, when David wished rather to spare the king his enemy, though he could have injured him! How useful, too, it was, for it helped him when he succeeded to the throne. For all learned to be faithful to their king and not to seize the kingdom but to fear and reverence him. Thus what is virtuous was preferred to what was useful, and then usefulness followed on what was virtuous.

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13. 1 Samuel 26:9

    But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”

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    “But this is marvelous not only for the fact that he grants life to the one who is doing everything against his life, but because David, although he had been anointed to the office of king and knew that he would not otherwise partake of that position unless Saul were out of the way, judged it better to suffer ill patiently in his private low estate than to enter upon the kingship by satisfying his anger against the one who had caused him grief.

    “But our Saviour is so gentle that He teaches thus, "If any man wills to come after Me," and, "Whoever wills to be My disciple;" and coming to each He does not force them, but knocks at the door and says, "Open unto Me, My sister, My spouse;" and if they open to Him, He enters in, but if they delay and will not, He departs from them. For the truth is not preached with swords or with darts, nor by means of soldiers; but by persuasion and counsel.

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14. 1 Samuel 26:11

    But the LORD forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and water jug by his head, and let us go.”

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    “But our Saviour is so gentle that He teaches thus, "If any man wills to come after Me," and, "Whoever wills to be My disciple;" and coming to each He does not force them, but knocks at the door and says, "Open unto Me, My sister, My spouse;" and if they open to Him, He enters in, but if they delay and will not, He departs from them. For the truth is not preached with swords or with darts, nor by means of soldiers; but by persuasion and counsel.

    “Now therefore take the spear that is at his head, etc. The spear either insinuates the power of the kingdom itself or the arms of spiritual virtues, by which the kingdom could be helped. However, it can be taken regarding the earthly kingdom they had …

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15. 2 Samuel 1:14

    So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”

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    “We know that David went beyond the precepts of the law when, despite Moses' command to pay back one's enemies in kind, he not only did not do this but even embraced his persecutors in love, prayed devoutly to the Lord on their behalf, even wept mournfully for them and revenged them when they were slain.

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16. 2 Samuel 16:21

    Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”

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    “He was expelled from his kingdom and fled as an exile to escape murder. You do not know of a son more wicked and bloodthirsty. Because he could not kill his father in his attempt to murder him, he defiled him with incest. By heaping …

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