Fear And Education

Φοβηθήτω τὸν Κύριον πᾶσα ἡ γῆ·  ἀπ' αὐτοῦ δὲ σαλευθήτωσαν πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὴν οἰκουμένην. Εἰπειδὴ φόβος Κυρίου ἀρχὴ αἰσθήσεως, οἱ τὰ γήινα φρονοῦντες διὰ φόβου παιδευέσθεωσαν. Ὡς μὲν γὰρ εἰσαγωγικὸς εἰς εὐσέβειαν ἀναγκαίως παραλαμβάνεται ὁ φόβος, ἁγάπη δὲ, λοιπὸν παραλαβοῦσα τοὺς ῥυθμισθέντες ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐπιστημονικοῦ φόβου, τελειοῖ. Πάσῃ οὖν τῇ γῇ  φόβον παραγγέλλει ὁ λόγος. Σαλευθήτωσαν δέ, φησὶ, ἀπ' αὐτοῦ πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὴν οἰκουμένων. Οἰνεὶ πᾶν κίνημα, εἴτε κατὰ νοῦν, εἴτε κατὰ σωματικὴν ἐνεργειαν ἐπιτελούμενον, κατὰ τὸ βούλημα αὐτοίς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐνεργείσθε. Οὕτω γὰρ νοῶ τὸ, Σαλευθήτωσαν  ἀπ' αὐτοῦ. Οἰονει μήτε ὀφθαλμὸς σαλευέσθω ἄνευ Θεοῦ· μὴ χεὶρ κινείσθω ἄνευ Θεοῦ· μὴ ἡ καρδία διανοείσθω τὰ μὴ εὐάρεστα τῷ Θεῷ. Καὶ ὅλως ἀπὸ μηδενὸς ἄλλου σαλευθήτωσαν, μηδὲ αὐτούς τι κινείτω, εἰ μὴ ὁ τοῦ Θεοῦ φόβος. Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Μέγας, Ὁμιλία Ἐις Τους Ψαλμούς, Εἰς Τον ΛΒ' Ψαλμον Source: Migne PG 29 337b

Let all the earth fear the Lord, let all the inhabitants of the earth be moved by Him. 1 Since the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, 2 the earthly who are prudent are educated by fear. For as fear is an introduction to piety, it must necessarily be applied; love then perfects those who have been trained in the learning of fear. 3 Thus to everyone on the earth this passage commands fear: 'Let all the inhabitants of the earth be moved by Him,' it says. And understand this movement of all as pertaining to both the accomplishments of the mind and of the corporeal deed, so that they are done according to the will of God. So I understand the 'Let them be moved by him.' For example, neither the eye is moved without God, nor does the hand act without God, nor does the heart think that which is not pleasing to God. And then by nothing else at all are they moved, nor do they move to something, but by the fear of God. Saint Basil of Caesarea, Homilies on the Psalms, from Psalm 32 1 Ps 32.8 2 Prov 1.7 3 1 Jn 4. 18