Luke 19:21

because I was afraid of you. You are a hard man. You withdraw what you didn't deposit and harvest what you didn't plant.'

Exodus 20:19-20

They told Moses, "You speak to us and we will listen, but don't let God speak with us, or we may die.

1 Samuel 6:19-21

God struck down the men of Beth-shemesh because they had looked into the Ark of the LORD. He struck down 50,070 men among the people, and the people mourned because the LORD struck down the people with a great slaughter.

1 Samuel 12:20

Samuel told all the people, "Don't be afraid. You have done all this evil. Yet don't turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.

2 Samuel 6:9-11

But David feared the LORD that day, and asked, "How can the Ark of God come to me?"

Job 21:14-15

"They say to God, "Turn away from us! We have no desire to know your ways.

Ezekiel 18:25-29

"Yet you keep saying, "The LORD isn't being consistent with his standards.' Pay attention, you house of Israel: Is my behavior really inconsistent with my standards? Isn't it your behavior that isn't just?

Malachi 3:14-15

You said, "It is futile to serve God,' and, "What did we get out of it when we carried out his requirements and went about like mourners in the presence of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies?'

Matthew 25:24-25

"Then the one who had received one talent came forward and said, "Master, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you haven't planted and gathering where you haven't scattered any seed.

Romans 8:7

That is why the mind that focuses on human nature is hostile toward God. It refuses to submit to the authority of God's Law because it is powerless to do so.

Romans 8:15

For you have not received a spirit of slavery that leads you into fear again. Instead, you have received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba! Father!"

2 Timothy 1:7

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity but one of power, love, and self-discipline.

James 2:10

For whoever keeps the whole Law but fails in one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

1 John 4:18

There is no fear where love exists. Rather, perfect love banishes fear, for fear involves punishment, and the person who lives in fear has not been perfected in love.

Jude 1:15

15He will judge all people and convict everyone of all the ungodly things that they have done in such an ungodly way, including all the harsh things that these ungodly sinners have said about him."

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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
They told Moses, "You speak to us and we will listen, but don't let God speak with us, or we may die.
1 Samuel 12:20
Samuel told all the people, "Don't be afraid. You have done all this evil. Yet don't turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.
Matthew 25:24
"Then the one who had received one talent came forward and said, "Master, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you haven't planted and gathering where you haven't scattered any seed.
Romans 8:15
For you have not received a spirit of slavery that leads you into fear again. Instead, you have received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba! Father!"
2 Timothy 1:7
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity but one of power, love, and self-discipline.
James 2:10
For whoever keeps the whole Law but fails in one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
1 John 4:18
There is no fear where love exists. Rather, perfect love banishes fear, for fear involves punishment, and the person who lives in fear has not been perfected in love.

Because

1 Samuel 6:19
God struck down the men of Beth-shemesh because they had looked into the Ark of the LORD. He struck down 50,070 men among the people, and the people mourned because the LORD struck down the people with a great slaughter.
2 Samuel 6:9
But David feared the LORD that day, and asked, "How can the Ark of God come to me?"
Job 21:14
"They say to God, "Turn away from us! We have no desire to know your ways.
Ezekiel 18:25
"Yet you keep saying, "The LORD isn't being consistent with his standards.' Pay attention, you house of Israel: Is my behavior really inconsistent with my standards? Isn't it your behavior that isn't just?
Malachi 3:14
You said, "It is futile to serve God,' and, "What did we get out of it when we carried out his requirements and went about like mourners in the presence of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies?'
Romans 8:7
That is why the mind that focuses on human nature is hostile toward God. It refuses to submit to the authority of God's Law because it is powerless to do so.
Jude 1:15
15He will judge all people and convict everyone of all the ungodly things that they have done in such an ungodly way, including all the harsh things that these ungodly sinners have said about him."

General references

Ezekiel 33:17
"Nevertheless, your people's children keep saying, "Living life the Lord's way isn't right,' when all the while it is their way of living that isn't right.

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