'Fear the Lord' in the Bible
But as for you and your officials, I know that you don't yet fear the LORD God."
so that you, your children, and your grandchildren may fear the LORD your God. Keep all his decrees and commandments that I'm giving you every day of your life, so you may live a long time.
Fear the LORD your God, serve him, and make your oaths in his name.
Then the LORD commanded us to observe all these decrees and to fear the LORD our God for our own good, so that he may keep us alive as we are today.
You are to fear the LORD your God and serve him. Cling to him and swear by his name.
It is to remain with him the rest of his life so he may learn to fear the LORD his God and observe all the words of this Law and these statutes, in order to fulfill them.
Gather the people the men, women, children, and the foreigners that live in your cities so they may hear and fear the LORD your God, and so they may be careful to obey the words contained in this Law.
Their children who don't know will hear and learn to fear the LORD your God as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan River to possess."
Do this so that all of the people of the earth may know how strong the power of the LORD is, and so that you may fear the LORD your God every day."
"Now you must fear the LORD and serve him in faithfulness and truth. Throw away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Instead, serve the LORD.
If you fear the LORD, serve him, obey him, and don't rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then both you and the king who rules over you will truly follow the LORD your God.
Only, fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Indeed, consider what great things he has done for you.
When they first began to live there, the settlers did not fear the LORD, so he sent lions among them, and they killed a few of them.
So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria went to live in Bethel to teach them how they ought to fear the LORD.
While they continued to fear the LORD, they served their own gods, following the custom of the nations whom they had carried away from there.
To this very day, they still follow the former customs: they don't fear the LORD and they don't live in accordance with the statutes, ordinances, laws, or commandments that the LORD had given to the descendants of Jacob whom he renamed Israel
But you are to fear the LORD, and he will deliver you from the control of all your enemies."
He has commanded mankind: "To fear the Lord that is wisdom; to move away from evil that is understanding.'"
"All who fear the LORD, praise him! All the seed of Jacob, glorify him! All the seed of Israel, fear him!
Let all the world fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him;
Fear the LORD, you holy ones of his; for those who fear him lack nothing.
You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their helper and shield.
He will bless those who fear the LORD, both the important and the insignificant together.
How blessed are all who fear the LORD as they follow in his ways.
House of Levi, bless the LORD! You who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!
Do not be wise in your own opinion. Fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
They don't say to themselves, "Let's fear the LORD our God, who gives rain in its season, both the autumn and the spring rain. He sets aside for us the weeks appointed for the harvest.'
"Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone in Judah kill him? Didn't he fear the LORD and seek the LORD's favor, and so the LORD changed his mind about the disaster that he had spoken to them about. We're bringing great disaster on ourselves.
From now on they will say, "We have no king, because we did not fear the LORD and what would a king do for us?'
They will lick the dust like a serpent; they will crawl from their strongholds like snakes. They will fear the LORD our God. They will be terrified because of you.
Then those who feared the LORD talked with each other. The LORD listened and took note, and a scroll of remembrance was written in his presence about those who fear the LORD and honor His name.
Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade people. We ourselves are perfectly known to God. I hope we are also really known to your consciences.