'Fear of the Lord' in the Bible
Then everyone among the servants of Pharaoh who had the fear of the Lord, made his servants and his cattle come quickly into the house:
But as for you and your servants, I am certain that even now the fear of the Lord God will not be in your hearts.
And Israel saw the great work which the Lord had done against the Egyptians, and the fear of the Lord came on the people and they had faith in the Lord and in his servant Moses.
So that living in the fear of the Lord your God, you may keep all his laws and his orders, which I give you: you and your son and your son's son, all the days of your life; and so that your life may be long.
Let the fear of the Lord your God be in your hearts, and be his servants, taking your oaths by his name.
And the Lord gave us orders to keep all these laws, in the fear of the Lord our God, so that it might be well for us for ever, and that he might keep us from death, as he has done to this day.
And now, Israel, what would the Lord your God have you do, but to go in the fear of the Lord your God, walking in all his ways and loving him and doing his pleasure with all your heart and all your soul,
Let the fear of the Lord your God be before you, give him worship and be true to him at all times, taking your oaths in his name.
And make a feast before the Lord your God, in the place which is to be marked out, where his name will be for ever, of the tenth part of your grain and your wine and your oil, and the first births of your herds and your flocks; so that you may have the fear of the Lord your God in your hearts at all times.
And it is to be with him for his reading all the days of his life, so that he may be trained in the fear of the Lord his God to keep and do all the words of this teaching and these laws:
Make all the people come together, men and women and children, and anyone from another country who is with you, so that hearing they may become wise in the fear of the Lord your God, and take care to do all the words of this law;
And so that your children, to whom it is new, may give ear and be trained in the fear of the Lord your God, while you are living in the land which you are going over Jordan to take for your heritage.
So that all the peoples of the earth may see that the hand of the Lord is strong; and that they may go in fear of the Lord your God for ever.
So now, go in fear of the Lord, and be his servants with true hearts: put away the gods worshipped by your fathers across the River and in Egypt, and be servants of the Lord.
And he took two oxen and, cutting them up, sent them through all the land of Israel by the hand of runners, saying, If any man does not come out after Saul and Samuel, this will be done to his oxen. And the fear of the Lord came on the people and they came out like one man.
If in the fear of the Lord you are his servants, hearing his voice and not going against the orders of the Lord, but being true to the Lord your God, you and the king ruling over you, then all will be well:
So Samuel made prayer to the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people were in fear of the Lord and of Samuel.
Only go in the fear of the Lord, and be his true servants with all your heart, keeping in mind what great things he has done for you.
And such was David's fear of the Lord that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?
And Ahab sent for Obadiah, the controller of the king's house. (Now Obadiah had the fear of the Lord before him greatly;
And the fear of the Lord was on all the kingdoms of the lands round Judah, so that they made no wars against Jehoshaphat.
So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.
And he gave them their orders, saying, You are to do your work in the fear of the Lord, in good faith and with a true heart.
And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.
The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness.
You who have fear of the Lord, give him praise; all you seed of Jacob, give him glory; go in fear of him, all you seed of Israel.
If a man has the fear of the Lord, the Lord will be his teacher in the way of his pleasure.
Let the earth be full of the fear of the Lord; let all the people of the world be in holy fear of him.
Keep yourselves in the fear of the Lord, all you his saints; for those who do so will have no need of anything.
Come, children, give attention to me; I will be your teacher in the fear of the Lord.
The sin of the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no fear of the Lord before his eyes.
The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all those who keep his laws are wise: his praise is eternal.
The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.
For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:
Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.
Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil:
The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.
The fear of the Lord is the start of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One gives a wise mind
The fear of the Lord gives long life, but the years of the evil-doer will be cut short.
He who goes on his way in righteousness has before him the fear of the Lord; but he whose ways are twisted gives him no honour.
For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place.
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death.
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.
The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.
By mercy and good faith evil-doing is taken away: and by the fear of the Lord men are turned away from evil.
The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.
The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.
Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;
My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:
Happy is the man in whom is the fear of the Lord at all times; but he whose heart is hard will come into trouble.
Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised.
Go into a hole in the rock, covering yourselves with dust, in fear of the Lord, before the glory of his power.
And men will go into cracks of the rocks, and into holes of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.
To take cover in the cracks of the rocks, and in the holes of the hills, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.
And the spirit of the Lord will be resting on him, the spirit of wisdom and good sense, the spirit of wise guiding and strength, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;
And she will have no more fear of change, being full of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is her wealth.
Who among you has the fear of the Lord, giving ear to the voice of his servant who has been walking in the dark and has no light? Let him put his faith in the name of the Lord, looking to his God for support.
Did Hezekiah and all Judah put him to death? did he not in the fear of the Lord make prayer for the grace of the Lord, and the Lord let himself be turned from the decision he had made against them for evil? By this act we might do great evil against ourselves.
Now, truly, they will say, We have no king, we have no fear of the Lord; and the king, what is he able to do for us?
Then great was the men's fear of the Lord; and they made an offering to the Lord and took oaths to him.
Then those in whom was the fear of the Lord had talk together: and the Lord gave ear, and it was recorded in a book to be kept in mind before him, for those who had the fear of the Lord and gave thought to his name.
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