7 Things - The Fear of the Lord

7 Things that come from the fear of the Lord

(Book of Proverbs)

Prov. 1:7 - Wisdom and knowledge - The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction. (2:5; 9:10)

Prov. 10:27 - Long life The fear of the LORD prolongs days, But the years of the wicked will be shortened. (19:23; 19:23)

Prov. 14:26 - Confidence In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence,

Prov. 14:26 - Refuge For Your Children And His children will have a place of refuge.

Prov. 14:27 - Escape from death The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, To turn one away from the snares of death

Prov. 16:6 - Holiness In mercy and truth, Atonement is provided for iniquity; And by the fear of the LORD one departs from evil. (Also Prov. 3:7)

Prov. 19:23 - Life The fear of the LORD leads to life, And he who has it will abide in satisfaction; He will not be visited with evil.

Prov. 22:4 - Riches, honor and Life By humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches and honor and life.

The Fear of the Lord is (5 Things):

Prov. 1:7    The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Prov. 8:13   The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate. 

Prov. 9:10    “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,

                  And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Prov. 14:27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, To turn one away from the snares of death.

Prov. 15:33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, And before honor is humility.

How To Obtain the Fear of the Lord (4 Things):

Prov. 2:1-5 - Turn your heart and ear towards wisdom

Prov. 2:1-5 - Cry out for it – lift your voice and ask God for wisdom

Prov. 3:7 - Turn from sin and hate evil (Prov. 8:13)

Prov. 23:17 - Run after the fear of the Lord with zeal - all the day

He Clothes Us

I am still working on the subject of the Lord restoring our souls - just not quite ready to post as yet.

In the meantime - here are 7 ways we are clothed by the Lord. Each one of these layers represent the character of Christ - we have to "take off" our old nature so that we can "put on" Christ:

• Job 29:14 The robe of Justice - (good judgment) I put on righteousness, and it  clothed me; my justice (good judgment) was like a robe and a turban.

Take off injustice

• Ps. 30:11 The robe of gladness -  exceeding(-ly), gladness, joy(-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice(-ing).

Take off grief and mourning

• Prov. 31:25 Clothing of strength and honor - (Strength in various applications—force, security, majesty, praise) boldness, loud, might, power, strength, strong.

Take off discouragement and small mindedness

• Is. 61:3 The garment of praise - (tehillah) The manifest presence of God.

Take off heaviness— (Heb. keheh kay-heh'; feeble, obscure - somewhat dark, darkish, wax dim, heaviness.

• Is. 61:10 The garments of salvation - also Ps. 132:16 (The word "salvation" means: liberty, deliverance, prosperity:-- safety, salvation, saving.)

Take off old man

• Is. 61:10 - The robe of righteousness  (also Ps. 132:9; Eccl. 9:8)

(Rightness (abstractly), (rectitude), (justice), morally (virtue) or justice, moderately, righteous).

Take off immorality

• 1 Pet. 5:5 - Clothing of humility …be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”  

Take off pride

Crowns

Here are a list of the crowns that are found on our Great King, and another list of those that adorn the Church - the Bride of Christ. Each of our crowns represent victories won and character that is formed in the image of Christ.

The Crowns of the King:

Rev. 19:12 His eyes were like flames of fire, and on his head were many crowns.

                                                              

³ He is crowned with glory–Ps. 8:5; Heb. 2:7, 9

³ He is crowned with honor—Ps. 8:5; Heb 2:7, 9

³ He is crowned with the Church—Is. 62:3; Zech. 9:16

³ He was crowned with thorns—Mt. 27:29; Mk. 15:17; Jn. 19:2, 5

³ He is crowned as a conqueror—Rev. 6:2

The Crowns of the Bride—The fruits of Relationship With Him:

…You were exceedingly beautiful, and succeeded to royalty. Ez. 16:13

Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.1 Cor. 9:25

³ The Bride is crowned with wisdom—Pr. 4:9

³ The prudent have a crown of knowledge—Pr. 14:18

³ The wise are crowned with riches—Pr. 14:24

³ Grandchildren are the crown of old men—Pr. 17:6

³ The Lord is the crown of glory for His people—Is. 28:5

³ Those whom we have influenced for the Gospel become our crown—Phil. 4:1; 1 Thess. 2:19

³ There is a crown of rejoicing for us in the presence of the Lord when He comes—1 Thess.2:19

³ There is a crown of righteousness awaiting the Bride who look for the Lord’s return—2 Tim. 4:8

³ There is a crown of life for those who endure temptation and testing—Jas. 1:12; Rev. 2:10

³ When the Chief Shepherd appears the Bride will receive the crown of glory—1 Pet. 5:4; Pr.16:31