"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.... they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord.... But whoso hearkeneth unto Me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil" (Proverbs 7,29,33).
There is a holy, prudent fear
That teaches us to choose
To call on God while He is near,
And fear of judgment lose.
But fools continue without fear
To march through time undaunted
By the warnings that they hear
Neither heeding, neither haunted.
Yet God's Spirit still reproves,
To warn and woo the lost.
And thus the fear of God still moves
Our souls to count the cost.
Thank you, Lord, for holy fear
That taught us thus to flee,
And find in Christ our refuge here,
And truth that makes us free.
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