Luke 19:21

For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man--you withdraw what you did not deposit, and you reap what you did not sow!'

Exodus 20:19-20

And they said to Moses, "You speak with us, and we will listen, but let not God speak with us, lest we die."

1 Samuel 6:19-21

He struck seventy men among the men of Beth Shemesh because they looked into the ark of Yahweh. So the people mourned because Yahweh had struck a great blow among the people.

1 Samuel 12:20

And Samuel said to the people, "Do not fear! You have done all this evil; only do not turn aside from {following} Yahweh. But you must serve Yahweh with all your heart.

2 Samuel 6:9-11

But David feared Yahweh on that day and said, "How can the ark of Yahweh come to me?"

Job 21:14-15

And they say to God, 'Turn away from us, for we do not desire to know your ways.

Ezekiel 18:25-29

"Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair!' Listen, now, house of Israel, is my way not fair? [Is it] not your ways [that] are not fair?

Malachi 3:14-15

You have said, '[It is] useless to serve God! What [is the] gain if we keep his requirements, and if we walk as mourners {before} Yahweh of hosts?

Matthew 25:24-25

And the one who had received the one talent came up also [and] said, 'Master, [because I] knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering from where you did not scatter [seed].

Romans 8:7

because the mindset of the flesh [is] enmity toward God, for [it is] not subjected to the law of God, for [it is] not able [to do so],

Romans 8:15

For you have not received a spirit of slavery [leading] to fear again, but you have 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 cowardice, but of power and love and self-discipline.

James 2:10

For whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles in one [point only] has become guilty of all [of it].

1 John 4:18

[There] is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear includes punishment, and the one who is afraid has not been perfected in love.

Jude 1:15

to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly concerning all their ungodly deeds that they have committed in an ungodly way, and concerning all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against 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.

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Bible References

I feared

Exodus 20:19
And they said to Moses, "You speak with us, and we will listen, but let not God speak with us, lest we die."
1 Samuel 12:20
And Samuel said to the people, "Do not fear! You have done all this evil; only do not turn aside from {following} Yahweh. But you must serve Yahweh with all your heart.
Matthew 25:24
And the one who had received the one talent came up also [and] said, 'Master, [because I] knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering from where you did not scatter [seed].
Romans 8:15
For you have not received a spirit of slavery [leading] to fear again, but you have 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 cowardice, but of power and love and self-discipline.
James 2:10
For whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles in one [point only] has become guilty of all [of it].
1 John 4:18
[There] is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear includes punishment, and the one who is afraid has not been perfected in love.

Because

1 Samuel 6:19
He struck seventy men among the men of Beth Shemesh because they looked into the ark of Yahweh. So the people mourned because Yahweh had struck a great blow among the people.
2 Samuel 6:9
But David feared Yahweh on that day and said, "How can the ark of Yahweh come to me?"
Job 21:14
And they say to God, 'Turn away from us, for we do not desire to know your ways.
Ezekiel 18:25
"Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair!' Listen, now, house of Israel, is my way not fair? [Is it] not your ways [that] are not fair?
Malachi 3:14
You have said, '[It is] useless to serve God! What [is the] gain if we keep his requirements, and if we walk as mourners {before} Yahweh of hosts?
Romans 8:7
because the mindset of the flesh [is] enmity toward God, for [it is] not subjected to the law of God, for [it is] not able [to do so],
Jude 1:15
to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly concerning all their ungodly deeds that they have committed in an ungodly way, and concerning all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

General references

Ezekiel 33:17
"Yet {your people} say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair!' [yet] their way is not fair.