20 Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid.(A) God has come to test(B) you, so that the fear(C) of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.”(D)

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20 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.

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Tremble and[a] do not sin;(A)
    when you are on your beds,(B)
    search your hearts and be silent.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 4:4 Or In your anger (see Septuagint)

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

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Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;
    through the fear of the Lord(A) evil is avoided.(B)

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By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

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