18 Bible Verses about Being Scared

So I tell you, my friends, never be afraid of those who kill the body but after that have nothing more that they can do.

Then the angel said, "Stop being afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

There is no fear in love, and perfect love drives out fear, because fear pertains to punishment, and no one who is subject to fear has attained perfection in love.

It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the ever living God!

Never in the slightest degree be frightened by your opponents, for such fearlessness will be strong evidence to them of their impending destruction, but to you a sure sign, and that from God, of your salvation.

You must never be afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul. But rather you must keep on fearing Him who can destroy both soul and body in the pit.

I am beginning to fear that I have bestowed my labors on you for nothing.

Then Jesus at once spoke to them, "Be men of courage! It is I; stop being afraid."

Then He asked them, "Why are you afraid? Have you no faith yet?"

But when they turn you over to the courts, you must not worry at all about how or what you ought to speak, for it will be given you at that hour what you ought to speak.

But He said to them, "It is I; stop being afraid!"

One night in a vision the Lord said to Paul, "Stop being afraid, go on speaking, never give up;

Yes, as for myself, it was in weakness and fear and great trembling that I came to you,

and so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, "I am terrified and terror-stricken!"

and set at liberty those who all their lifetime had been subject to slavery because of their dread of death.

Stop being afraid, my little flock, for your Father has gladly chosen to give you the kingdom.

So we can confidently say: "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can men do to me?"

For civil authorities are not a terror to the man who does right, but they are to the man who does wrong. Do you want to have no dread of the civil authorities? Then practice doing right and you will be commended for it.