'Fear' in the Bible

Give worship to the Lord with fear, kissing his feet and giving him honour,

For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.

Let there be fear in your hearts, and do no sin; have bitter feelings on your bed, but make no sound. (Selah.)

But as for me, I will come into your house, in the full measure of your mercy; and in your fear I will give worship, turning my eyes to your holy Temple.

Put them in fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see that they are only men. (Selah.)

Then were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the upright.

The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear.

They will be wasting away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.

The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness.

You who have fear of the Lord, give him praise; all you seed of Jacob, give him glory; go in fear of him, all you seed of Israel.

If a man has the fear of the Lord, the Lord will be his teacher in the way of his pleasure.

The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?

Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved.

Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.

False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.

And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.

Put away fear and let your heart be strong, all you whose hope is in the Lord.

Let the earth be full of the fear of the Lord; let all the people of the world be in holy fear of him.

See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy;

The angel of the Lord is ever watching over those who have fear of him, to keep them safe.

Keep yourselves in the fear of the Lord, all you his saints; for those who do so will have no need of anything.

Come, children, give attention to me; I will be your teacher in the fear of the Lord.

The sin of the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no fear of the Lord before his eyes.

And he put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God; numbers have seen it with fear, and put their faith in the Lord.

And go nobly on in your power, because you are good and true and without pride; and your right hand will be teaching you things of fear.

For this cause we will have no fear, even though the earth is changed, and though the mountains are moved in the heart of the sea;

What cause have I for fear in the days of evil, when the evil-doing of those who are working for my downfall is round about me?

Have no fear when wealth comes to a man, and the glory of his house is increased;

The God of gods, even the Lord, has sent out his voice, and the earth is full of fear; from the coming up of the sun to its going down.

The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you: strong in his wealth.

They were in great fear, where there was no cause for fear: for the bones of those who make war on you have been broken by God; you have put them to shame, because God has no desire for them.

My heart is deeply wounded, and the fear of death has come on me.

Fear and shaking have come over me, with deep fear I am covered.

God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.

In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you.

In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.

In God have I put my hope, I will have no fear of what man may do to me.

By the power of your hand the earth is shaking and broken; make it strong again, for it is moved.

O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.

And in fear men make public the works of God; and giving thought to his acts they get wisdom.

Those in the farthest parts of the earth have fear when they see your signs: the outgoings of the morning and evening are glad because of you.

God will give us his blessing; so let all the ends of the earth be in fear of him.

From heaven you gave your decision; the earth, in its fear, gave no sound,

The waters saw you, O God; the waters saw you, they were in fear: even the deep was troubled.

He took them on safely so that they had no fear; but their haters were covered by the sea.

O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:

You will have no fear of the evil things of the night, or of the arrow in flight by day,

O give worship to the Lord in holy robes; be in fear before him, all the earth.

His bright flames give light to the world; the earth saw it with fear.

The Lord is King; let the peoples be in fear: his seat is on the winged ones; let the earth be moved.

At the voice of your word they went in flight; at the sound of your thunder they went away in fear;

Egypt was glad when they went; for the fear of them had come down on them.

Works of wonder in the land of Ham, and things of fear by the Red Sea.

The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all those who keep his laws are wise: his praise is eternal.

He will have no fear of evil news; his heart is fixed, for his hope is in the Lord.

His heart is resting safely, he will have no fear, till he sees trouble come on his haters.

Though I said in my fear, All men are false.

The Lord is on my side; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me?

Give effect to your word to your servant, in whose heart is the fear of you.

Take away the shame which is my fear; for your decisions are good.

My flesh is moved for fear of you; I give honour to your decisions.

Rulers have been cruel to me without cause; but I have the fear of your word in my heart.