Luke 12:5

Fear God Rather Than People

⁴ “And I say to you, My friends, don’t fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more. ⁵ But I will show you the One to fear: Fear Him who has authority to throw people into hell after death. Yes, I say to you, this is the One to fear! ⁶ Aren’t five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God’s sight.

Into Hell

Valley of Hinnom

Gehenna

Luke

Psalm 9:17

The wicked will return to Sheol—
all the nations that forget God.

Matthew 10:28

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.

2 Peter 2:4

For if God didn’t spare the angels who sinned but threw them down into Tartarus and delivered them to be kept in chains of darkness until judgment;

Proverbs 14:26

In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence
and his children have a refuge.

Jeremiah 5:22

Do you not fear Me?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Do you not tremble before Me,
the One who set the sand as the boundary of the sea,
an enduring barrier that it cannot cross?
The waves surge, but they cannot prevail.
They roar but cannot pass over it.

Jeremiah 10:7

Who should not fear You,
King of the nations?
It is what You deserve.
For among all the wise people of the nations
and among all their kingdoms,
there is no one like You.

Matthew 5:22

But I tell you, everyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Fool!’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But whoever says, ‘You moron!’ will be subject to hellfire.

Matthew 25:41

Then He will also say to those on the left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his angels!

Matthew 25:46

“And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Mark 13:23

And you must watch! I have told you everything in advance.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

This means one must not transgress against and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger of all these offenses, as we also previously told and warned you.

Hebrews 10:31

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

Revelation 14:7

He spoke with a loud voice: “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”

Revelation 15:4

Lord, who will not fear
and glorify Your name?
Because You alone are holy,
for all the nations will come
and worship before You
because Your righteous acts
have been revealed.

Revelation 20:14

Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.