Psalms 112:7
He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
BSB
ASV
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: His heart is fixed, trusting in Jehovah.
KJV
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings. He shall have no dread that evil tidings will come, and he shall not be alarmed when they do come. Rumours and reports he despises; prophecies of evil, vented by fanatical mouths, he ridicules; actual and verified information of loss and distress he bears with equanimity, resigning everything into the hands of God. His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.
This is a part both of the character and of the comfort of good people. It is their endeavour to keep their minds stayed upon God, and so to keep them calm, and easy, and undisturbed; and God has promised them both cause to do so and grace to do so.
Generosity, sound judgment in business, and confidence in God, form a character which preserves from fear of evil and ensures success against enemies. While a man thus truly pious is liberal, he increases in substance.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Psalms 118:6The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
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So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
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Proverbs 1:33But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”
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Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.
He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.