3 occurrences

'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.

Verse ConceptsFailureNo Fear Of GodWhy People Did Things

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.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamGodly Fear, Examples OfThe Only ChildOnly Child Of PeopleIndividuals Fearing GodNot SparingGod ForbiddingLeaving People Alone

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.

Verse ConceptsDivine Protection, Examples OfTerror Of Godterrorism

And because the women who took care of the Hebrew mothers had the fear of God, he gave them families.

Verse ConceptsReverence, And BlessingIndividuals Fearing God

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;

Verse ConceptsCovetingFaithfulness, To GodBeing A LeaderHatredHonestyProfitsReverence, And Social BehaviourTrustworthinessMagistratesCivil GovernmentTen PeopleFiftiesOne HundredA Thousand PeoplePerforming The TruthChoosing PeopleSkilled PeopleHating EvilCovetousnessDishonestyLeadership Qualitiesgroups

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.

Verse ConceptsReverence, And Social BehaviourTirednessNo Fear Of GodTired In PursuitEnemy Attackstired

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.

Verse ConceptsKingdomsRescueReverence, And God's NatureTerror Of GodGod's InterventionFearing GodBeing Scared

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.

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceFormulas For SuccessReverence, And BlessingSuccessSports

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?

Verse ConceptsReproachFear God!

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.

Verse ConceptsCoinageAttitudes Of ReverenceGovernorsGodly Fear, Examples OfHeavy BurdensIndividuals Fearing GodTax To Be Paid

Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, And the integrity of thy ways thy hope?

Verse ConceptsSelf RespectThe Fear Of The Lordpietyreverence

Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.

Verse ConceptsNo Fear Of Godpiety

For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.

Verse ConceptsThose Frightened Of Godterrorism

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.

Verse ConceptsSinful HeartsGrudgesHeart, Fallen And RedeemedResentment, Against GodResentmentNot PrayingHypocrisy

{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.

Verse ConceptsAgnosticismIrreverenceOraclesReverence, And Social BehaviourSin, Universality OfNature Of The HeartNo Fear Of God

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.

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceAfflictions Of The WickedPermanenceGod Is UnchangingNo Fear Of GodPsalm InterjectionsFearing God

Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.

Verse ConceptsBad DreamsDaydreamingMan's Conduct Towards GodMisleading DreamsPeople Being SilentFear God!

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.

Verse ConceptsFear Of God, Results Of

Whatever has been is far off, deeply remote and exceedingly mysterious. Who can discover it [for it is beyond the grasp of man]?

Verse ConceptsThe Existence Of ThingsNot Finding

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.

Verse ConceptsOne HundredLiving LongWork EthicEthics

This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man.

Verse ConceptsTrue ReligionFear God!Keep The Commandments!DutyFearing GodObeying Godcommandmentsreverence

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?

Verse ConceptsCensusOfficersCounting BuildingsFear Will Cometerrorismaccounting

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.

Verse ConceptsPlantsSprouting PlantsGod Doing RightDoing RightSproutingPraise The Lord!GardensGrowingSpilling Your Seed On The Groundspringtimeanniversarysowing

"In a certain town," He said, "there was a judge who had no fear of God and no respect for man.

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceBeing Seen By ManNo Fear Of GodRespectFearing GodPersistencefearless

And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man,

Verse ConceptsHeartlessnessBeing Seen By ManNo Fear Of GodPeople Unwilling

But the other, protesting, said, Have you no fear of God? for you have a part in the same punishment,

Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toNo Fear Of GodFearing Godcondemnationrebuking

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.

Verse ConceptsListeningevangelising

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.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Family And DescendantsReverence, And ObedienceChildren Of AbrahamThe Gospel Of SalvationRace

and the way of peace they have not known; and the fear of God is not before their eyes."

Verse ConceptsWay, TheUnrestNo Peace

You are bound, therefore, to obey, not only through fear of God's punishments, but also as a matter of conscience.

Verse Conceptsethics, socialLeaders, PoliticalBe Subject To PeopleRespecting Authorityconscience

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].

Verse ConceptsAffection, ExpressingeagernessPlea Of Innocence

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.

Verse ConceptsCryingPraying LoudlyPainPrayerfulnessAbility, God's PowerHumility Of ChristReverence To GodTearsAbility, Of God To SaveOvercoming DeathJesus PrayingGod Answered Prayersupplicationpietyreverencepetition

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.

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