'Fear the Lord' in the Bible
But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear Yahweh our God.”
Do this so that you may fear the Lord your God all the days of your life by keeping all His statutes and commands I am giving you, your son, and your grandson, and so that you may have a long life.
Fear Yahweh your God, worship Him, and take your oaths in His name.
The Lord commanded us to follow all these statutes and to fear the Lord our God for our prosperity always and for our preservation, as it is today.
“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you except to fear the Lord your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, and to worship the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul?
You are to fear Yahweh your God and worship Him. Remain faithful to Him and take oaths in His name.
You are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, in the presence of Yahweh your God at the place where He chooses to have His name dwell, so that you will always learn to fear the Lord your God.
It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to observe all the words of this instruction, and to do these statutes.
Gather the people—men, women, children, and foreigners living within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the Lord your God and be careful to follow all the words of this law.
Then their children who do not know the law will listen and learn to fear the Lord your God as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
This is so that all the people of the earth may know that the Lord’s hand is mighty, and so that you may always fear the Lord your God.”
“Therefore, fear the Lord and worship Him in sincerity and truth. Get rid of the gods your fathers worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and worship Yahweh.
If you fear the Lord, worship and obey Him, and if you don’t rebel against the Lord’s command, then both you and the king who rules over you will follow the Lord your God.
Above all, fear the Lord and worship Him faithfully with all your heart; consider the great things He has done for you.
When they first lived there, they did not fear Yahweh. So the Lord sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
So one of the priests they had deported came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should fear Yahweh.
They are still practicing the former customs to this day. None of them fear the Lord or observe their statutes and ordinances, the law and commandments the Lord commanded the descendants of Jacob. He had renamed him Israel.
Instead fear the Lord, who brought you from the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him, and you are to sacrifice to Him.
but fear the Lord your God, and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.”
who despises the one rejected by the Lordbut honors those who fear the Lord,who keeps his word whatever the cost,
You who fear Yahweh, praise Him!All you descendants of Jacob, honor Him!All you descendants of Israel, revere Him!
You who are His holy ones, fear Yahweh,for those who fear Him lack nothing.
You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord!He is their help and shield.
He will bless those who fear the Lord—small and great alike.
Because they hated knowledge,didn’t choose to fear the Lord,
Don’t consider yourself to be wise;fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
To fear the Lord is to hate evil.I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct,and perverse speech.
Don’t let your heart envy sinners;instead, always fear the Lord.
My son, fear the Lord, as well as the king,and don’t associate with rebels,
They have not said to themselves,‘Let’s fear the Lord our God,who gives the rain, both early and late, in its season,who guarantees to us the fixed weeks of the harvest.’
Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all the people of Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the Lord and plead for the Lord’s favor, and did not the Lord relent concerning the disaster He had pronounced against them? We are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”
In fact, they are now saying,“We have no king!For we do not fear the Lord.What can a king do for us?”