Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

General references

Bible References

Were, etc

Psalm 53:5

There they were, in great terror and dread, where there had been no terror or dread;
For God scattered the bones of him who besieged you;
You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.
Exodus 15:16

Terror and dread fall on them;
Because of the greatness of Your arm they are as still as a stone;
Until Your people pass by and [into Canaan], O Lord,
Until the people pass by whom You have purchased.
Esther 8:7
Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows because he stretched out his hand against the Jews.
Proverbs 1:26

I also will laugh at your disaster;
I will mock when your dread and panic come,
Proverbs 28:1
The wicked flee when no one pursues them,
But the righteous are as bold as a lion.

The generation

Psalm 22:30

Posterity will serve Him;
They will tell of the Lord to the next generation.
Psalm 24:6

This is the generation (description) of those who diligently seek Him and require Him as their greatest need,
Who seek Your face, even [as did] Jacob. Selah.
Psalm 73:15

If I had said, “I will say this,” [and expressed my feelings],
I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.
Psalm 112:2

His descendants will be mighty on earth;
The generation of the upright will be blessed.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a [special] people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

General references

Genesis 35:5
As they journeyed, there was a great [supernatural] terror [sent from God] on the cities around them, and [for that reason] the Canaanites did not pursue the sons of Jacob.