'Fear of God' in the Bible
And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
And he said, Let not your hand be stretched out against the boy to do anything to him; for now I am certain that the fear of God is in your heart, because you have not kept back your son, your only son, from me.
So they went on their journey: and the fear of God was on the towns round about, so that they made no attack on the sons of Jacob.
But the women had the fear of God, and did not do as the king of Egypt said, but let the male children go on living.
And because the women who took care of the Hebrew mothers had the fear of God, he gave them families.
But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens;
Do not be a hard master to him, but have the fear of God before you.
How, meeting you on the way, he made an attack on you when you were tired and without strength, cutting off all the feeble ones at the end of your line; and the fear of God was not in him.
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
And so great was David's fear of God that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?
And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.
He sought God throughout the lifetime of Zechariah, the teacher of the fear of God. During the time that he sought the Lord, God gave him success.
Then said I, Not good, is the thing which ye are doing, - ought ye not, in the fear of God, to walk, because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?
But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, And the integrity of thy ways thy hope?
Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.
For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.
Those who have no fear of God keep wrath stored up in their hearts; they give no cry for help when they are made prisoners.
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD.} The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.
The end of lowliness and the fear of God, is riches, honour, prosperity and health.
Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.
It is good to take this in your hand and not to keep your hand from that; he who has the fear of God will be free of the two.
Whatever has been is far off, deeply remote and exceedingly mysterious. Who can discover it [for it is beyond the grasp of man]?
Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life is long, I am certain that it will be well for those who go in fear of God and are in fear before him.
This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man.
Let truth and faithfulness be in her time: power, health, wisdom, knowledge and the fear of God are her treasure.
and his heart shall delight in the fear of God. What shall then become of the scribe? Of the receiver of our money? What of him that taxed our fair houses?
For like as the ground bringeth forth fruit, and as the garden shooteth forth seed; So shall the LORD God cause righteousness and the fear of God to flourish forth before all the Heathen.
"In a certain town," He said, "there was a judge who had no fear of God and no respect for man.
And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man,
But the other, protesting, said, Have you no fear of God? for you have a part in the same punishment,
Then the church through all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria had peace: and being built up, and walking in the fear of God, and the comfort of the Holy Ghost, was multiplied.
And Paul, getting up and making a sign with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and you who have the fear of God, give ear.
My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.
and the way of peace they have not known; and the fear of God is not before their eyes."
There is no fear of God before their eyes.
You are bound, therefore, to obey, not only through fear of God's punishments, but also as a matter of conscience.
So, because I know the fear of God, I "persuade men." What I am is manifest to God, and I hope manifest also to your conscience.
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
See how the very fact that you were made sorry from a godly motive has produced earnestness in you! [It produced] a desire to vindicate yourselves [i.e., by making amends for your wrongdoing]; an attitude of just anger [i.e., toward the wrongdoers]; a sense of fear [i.e., a fear of God for doing wrong]; an eager desire [i.e., to do the right thing]; a zeal [i.e., to correct problems]; and an attitude of avenging [i.e., that punished the wrongdoer]. You demonstrated in everything [you did] that you were pure [i.e., innocent] in this matter. [Note: This whole description of their conduct appears to be a reference to the incident mentioned in 2:1-11].
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
For kings and all those in authority; so that we may have a calm and quiet life in all fear of God and serious behaviour.
but, what becomes women making profession of the fear of God, by good works.
But as for you, O man of God, flee from these things; aim at and pursue righteousness [true goodness, moral conformity to the character of God], godliness [the fear of God], faith, love, steadfastness, and gentleness.
Who in the days of his flesh, having sent up prayers and requests with strong crying and weeping to him who was able to give him salvation from death, had his prayer answered because of his fear of God.
By faith Noah, being moved by the fear of God, made ready an ark for the salvation of his family, because God had given him news of things which were not seen at the time; and through it the world was judged by him, and he got for his heritage the righteousness which is by faith.
When they see your holy behaviour in the fear of God.
And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,
And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.
For certain men have come among you secretly, marked out before in the holy Writings for this evil fate, men without the fear of God, turning his grace into an unclean thing, and false to our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
To be the judge of all, and to give a decision against all those whose lives are unpleasing to him, because of the evil acts which they have done, and because of all the hard things which sinners without fear of God have said against him.
save others by snatching them out of the fire; have mercy on others, coupled with a fear of God, hating even the clothes stained by the flesh.
Saying with a loud voice, Have fear of God and give him glory; because the hour of his judging is come; and give worship to him who made heaven and earth and the sea and the fountains of water.
Fear of Godnot in Montgomery New Testament