Luke 19:21

because I was afraid of you, for you’re a tough man: you collect what you didn’t deposit and reap what you didn’t sow.’

Exodus 20:19-20

“You speak to us, and we will listen,” they said to Moses, “but don’t let God speak to us, or we will die.”

1 Samuel 6:19-21

God struck down the men of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the Lord. He struck down 70 men out of 50,000 men. The people mourned because the Lord struck them with a great slaughter.

1 Samuel 12:20

Samuel replied, “Don’t be afraid. Even though you have committed all this evil, don’t turn away from following the Lord. Instead, worship the Lord with all your heart.

2 Samuel 6:9-11

David feared the Lord that day and said, “How can the ark of the Lord ever come to me?”

Job 21:14-15

Yet they say to God: “Leave us alone!
We don’t want to know Your ways.

Ezekiel 18:25-29

“But you say, ‘The Lord’s way isn’t fair.’ Now listen, house of Israel: Is it My way that is unfair? Instead, isn’t it your ways that are unfair?

Malachi 3:14-15

You have said: “It is useless to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the Lord of Hosts?

Matthew 25:24-25

“Then the man who had received one talent also approached and said, ‘Master, I know you. You’re a difficult man, reaping where you haven’t sown and gathering where you haven’t scattered seed.

Romans 8:7

For the mind-set of the flesh is hostile to God because it does not submit itself to God’s law, for it is unable to do so.

Romans 8:15

For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father!”

2 Timothy 1:7

For God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but one of power, love, and sound judgment.

James 2:10

For whoever keeps the entire law, yet fails in one point, is guilty of breaking it all.

1 John 4:18

There is no fear in love; instead, perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. So the one who fears has not reached perfection in love.

Jude 1:15

to execute judgment on all
and to convict them
of all their ungodly acts
that they have done in an ungodly way,
and of all the harsh things ungodly sinners
have said against Him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

General references

Bible References

I feared

Exodus 20:19
“You speak to us, and we will listen,” they said to Moses, “but don’t let God speak to us, or we will die.”
1 Samuel 12:20
Samuel replied, “Don’t be afraid. Even though you have committed all this evil, don’t turn away from following the Lord. Instead, worship the Lord with all your heart.
Matthew 25:24
“Then the man who had received one talent also approached and said, ‘Master, I know you. You’re a difficult man, reaping where you haven’t sown and gathering where you haven’t scattered seed.
Romans 8:15
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father!”
2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but one of power, love, and sound judgment.
James 2:10
For whoever keeps the entire law, yet fails in one point, is guilty of breaking it all.
1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love; instead, perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. So the one who fears has not reached perfection in love.

Because

1 Samuel 6:19
God struck down the men of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the Lord. He struck down 70 men out of 50,000 men. The people mourned because the Lord struck them with a great slaughter.
2 Samuel 6:9
David feared the Lord that day and said, “How can the ark of the Lord ever come to me?”
Job 21:14
Yet they say to God: “Leave us alone!
We don’t want to know Your ways.
Ezekiel 18:25
“But you say, ‘The Lord’s way isn’t fair.’ Now listen, house of Israel: Is it My way that is unfair? Instead, isn’t it your ways that are unfair?
Malachi 3:14
You have said: “It is useless to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the Lord of Hosts?
Romans 8:7
For the mind-set of the flesh is hostile to God because it does not submit itself to God’s law, for it is unable to do so.
Jude 1:15
to execute judgment on all
and to convict them
of all their ungodly acts
that they have done in an ungodly way,
and of all the harsh things ungodly sinners
have said against Him.

General references

Ezekiel 33:17
“But your people say, ‘The Lord’s way isn’t fair,’ even though it is their own way that isn’t fair.

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