31That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-41)Solomon had, in the foregoing verses, signed and sealed, as it were, the deed of dedication, by which the temple was appropriated to the honour and service of God. Now here he prays the consecration-prayer, by which it was made a figure of Christ, the great Mediator, through whom we are to offer all our prayers, and to expect all God’s favours, and to whom we are to have an eye in every thing wher…
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