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.
Because
Bible References
I feared
Matthew 25:24
Then he who had received the one talent came and said, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
Romans 8:15
For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father."
2 Timothy 1:7
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power and love and self-discipline.
James 2:10
For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point has become guilty of all of it.
1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. And he who fears is not made perfect in love.
Because
Romans 8:7
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so;
Jude 1:15
to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him."