49 Bible Verses about Being Scared
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Do not be afraid of anyone,
for I will be with you to deliver you.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Be strong and courageous, for the Lord will do this to all the enemies you fight.”
“And I say to you, My friends, don’t fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more.
Then the angel told her:
Do not be afraid, Mary,
for you have found favor with God.
There is no fear in love; instead, perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. So the one who fears has not reached perfection in love.
Do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be afraid, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you; I will help you;
I will hold on to you with My righteous right hand.
Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What is this you’ve done?” The men knew he was fleeing from the Lord’s presence, because he had told them.
not being frightened in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of destruction for them, but of your deliverance—and this is from God.
I am not afraid of the thousands of people
who have taken their stand against me on every side.
And he said, “I heard You in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.”
He said, “Don’t be afraid, you who are treasured by God. Peace to you; be very strong!”
As he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, “Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”
Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
He will not fear bad news;
his heart is confident, trusting in the Lord.
Then He said to them, “Why are you fearful? Do you still have no faith?”
The fear of man is a snare,
but the one who trusts in the Lord is protected.
But when they hand you over, don’t worry about how or what you should speak. For you will be given what to say at that hour,
But He said to them, “It is I. Don’t be afraid!”
When you lie down, you will not be afraid;
you will lie down, and your sleep will be pleasant.
Then the Lord said to Paul in a night vision, “Don’t be afraid, but keep on speaking and don’t be silent.
The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for I have handed them over to you. Not one of them will be able to stand against you.”
Who was it you dreaded and feared,
so that you lied and didn’t remember Me
or take it to heart?
Have I not kept silent for such a long time
and you do not fear Me?
Moses responded to the people, “Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, so that you will fear Him and will not sin.”
The appearance was so terrifying that Moses said, I am terrified and trembling.)
“Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame;
don’t be humiliated, for you will not be disgraced.
For you will forget the shame of your youth,
and you will no longer remember
the disgrace of your widowhood.
So this is what you have now become to me.
When you see something dreadful, you are afraid.
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I will not fear.
What can man do to me?
Don’t be afraid of the king of Babylon whom you now fear; don’t be afraid of him’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘because I am with you to save you and deliver you from him.
Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with David but had left Saul.
The officers will continue to address the army and say, ‘Is there any man who is afraid or cowardly? Let him leave and return home, so that his brothers’ hearts won’t melt like his own.’
Therefore, we may boldly say:
The Lord is my helper;
I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by Yahweh’s name, and they will stand in awe of you.
For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have its approval.
For the thing I feared has overtaken me,
and what I dreaded has happened to me.
The terror of God was on all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that Yahweh had fought against the enemies of Israel.
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