Genesis 32:7

Jacob Fears Esau

⁶ And the messengers returned to Jacob [and] said, "We came to your brother, to Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men [are] with him." ⁷ Then Jacob was very frightened and distressed. So he divided the people, flocks, cattle, and camels that [were] with him into two companies. ⁸ And he thought, "If Esau comes to one company and destroys it, the remaining company will be [able] to escape."

Flocks and Herds

Jacob

Genesis 35:3

Then let us make ready and let us go up to Bethel, so that I can make an altar there to the God who answered me in the day of my trouble, and who has been with me on the way that I have gone."

Genesis 32:11

Please rescue me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, lest he come and attack mother and children [alike].

Exodus 14:10

And Pharaoh approached, and the {Israelites} lifted their eyes, and there were the Egyptians traveling after them! And they were very afraid, and the {Israelites} cried out to Yahweh.

Psalm 18:4-5

The ropes of death encircled me, and streams of ruin overwhelmed me.

Psalm 31:13

For I hear [the] rumor of many, "Terror on every side!" When conspiring together against me, they have plotted to take my life.

Psalm 55:4-5

My heart trembles within me, and deathly terrors fall on me.

Psalm 61:2

From the end of the earth I call to you when my heart grows faint. You will lead me to a rock [that is] higher than I.

Psalm 107:6

Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble. He delivered them from their distresses

Psalm 112:5

[It goes] well [for] a man [who] is gracious and lends, [who] conducts his {business properly}.

Psalm 142:4

look to [my] right and see. There is no one looking out for me; there is no escape for me; no one cares for my soul.

Proverbs 2:11

Discretion will watch over you; understanding will protect you,

Isaiah 28:26

And his God instructs him about the prescription; he teaches him.

Matthew 8:26

And he said to them, "Why are you fearful, [you] of little faith?" Then he got up [and] rebuked the winds and the sea and there was a great calm.

Matthew 10:16

"Behold, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

John 16:33

I have said these [things] to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction, but have courage! I have conquered the world."

Acts 14:22

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging [them] to continue in the faith and [saying], "Through many persecutions it is necessary [for] us to enter into the kingdom of God."

2 Corinthians 1:4

who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those [who are] in all affliction with the comfort with which [we] ourselves are comforted by God.

2 Corinthians 1:8-10

For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning our affliction that happened in the [province of] Asia, that we were burdened to an extraordinary degree, beyond [our] strength, so that we were in despair even of living.

2 Timothy 3:12

And indeed, all those who want to live in a godly manner in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.