12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

• Obedience and Disobedience
• Righteousness

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 7:29 — But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
• 1Kgs 2:2 — I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
• 1Pet 2:17 — Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
• 1Sam 12:24 — Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
• Acts 10:35 — But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
• Col 3:22 — Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
• Deut 4:2 — Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
• Deut 4:2 — Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
• Deut 6:2 — That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be
• Deut 6:2 — That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be
• Deut 10:12 — And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy s
• Eccl 2:3 — I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under t
• Eccl 2:3 — I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under t
• Eccl 5:7 — For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
• Eccl 5:7 — For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
• Eccl 6:12 — For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
• Eccl 6:12 — For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
• Eccl 7:14 — In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
• Eccl 7:18 — It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
• Eccl 8:12 — Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
• Exod 1:17 — But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
• Exod 18:21 — Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of
• Gen 22:12 — And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
• Gen 22:12 — And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
• Hag 1:12 — Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet,
• Job 28:28 — And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
• Job 28:28 — And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
• Luke 1:50 — And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
• Luke 10:42 — But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
• Matt 13:45 — Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
• Mic 6:8 — He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
• Mic 6:8 — He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
• Neh 5:15 — But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the peop
• Prov 1:7 — The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
• Prov 1:7 — The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
• Prov 3:7 — Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
• Prov 9:10 — The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
• Prov 19:16 — He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
• Prov 19:23 — The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
• Prov 23:17 — Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.