Provérbios 13

Provérbios 13

Clarke comments that fear is not just an attitude by is linked to an appropriate action for such a "commandment fearer"… respects it so as to obey it, walking as this revelation directs (and) shall be rewarded (which conveys the idea that he) shall find it to be his highest interest, and shall be in peace or safety, as the Hebrew word shalam may be translated. Charles Bridges asks "But what is this fear of the Lord? It is that affectionate reverence, by which the child of God bends himself humbly and carefully to his Father's law… The keeping of it (the commandment) is our security. Keep the word, and the word will keep us securely. (Regarding the fear of the Lord Bridges describes it as… ) That affectionate reverence by which the child of God bends himself humbly and carefully to His Father’s law. His wrath is so bitter, and His love so sweet; that hence springs an earnest desire to please Him, and—because of the danger of coming short from his own weakness and temptations—a holy watchfulness and fear, ‘that he might not sin against Him.' The author of Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan… The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end. The respected commentator James Denney exhorts us… Let us familiarize our minds with the fear due to Christ the Judge, and a new power will enter into our service, making it at once more urgent and more wholesome than it could otherwise be. As Richard Alleine rightly states… He who knows what it is to enjoy God will dread his loss. He who has seen his face will fear to see his back. John