'Dread' in the Bible
There they are in great dread,For God is with the righteous generation.
Even though I walk through the [sunless] valley of the shadow of death,I fear no evil, for You are with me;Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort and console me.
A Psalm of David.The Lord is my light and my salvation;Whom shall I fear?The Lord is the defense of my life;Whom shall I dread?
I am ridiculed by all my adversariesand even by my neighbors.I am dreaded by my acquaintances;those who see me in the street run from me.
For the choir director. A psalm of David, the Lord’s servant.An oracle within my heartconcerning the transgression of the wicked person:There is no dread of God before his eyes,
For the Lord Most High is to be feared [and worshiped with awe-inspired reverence and obedience];He is a great King over all the earth.
There they were, in great terror and dread, where there had been no terror or dread;For God scattered the bones of him who besieged you;You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;Preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
Since my youth I have been oppressed and in danger of death. I bear your dread and am overwhelmed.
Egypt was glad when they left,for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.
Turn away the disgrace I dread;indeed, Your judgments are good.
My flesh trembles in [reverent] fear of You,And I am afraid and in awe of Your judgments.
Related Words
Bible Theasaurus
- Apprehension (3 instances)
- Awful (17 instances)
- Dire (2 instances)
- Dread (98 instances)
- Dreaded (15 instances)
- Dreadful (25 instances)
- Fear (1025 instances)
- Fearful (88 instances)
- Fearsome (5 instances)
- Fright (10 instances)
- Frightening (11 instances)
- Horrendous (2 instances)
- Horrific (2 instances)
- Terrible (200 instances)
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