Matthew 10:26-33 - Fear God Rather Than People

²⁶ Fear them not therefore, for there is nothing covered, that will not be revealed, and hid, that will not be known. ²⁷ What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light, and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops. ²⁸ And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. ²⁹ Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall on the ground independent of your Father. ³⁰ But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹ Fear not therefore, ye are of worth more than many sparrows.

³² Therefore every man, whoever will profess in me before men, I also will profess in him before my Father in the heavens. ³³ But whoever would deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father in the heavens.

⁴ And I say to you my friends, Be not afraid of those who kill the body, and after these things not having anything more severe to do. ⁵ But I will show you whom ye should fear. Fear him, who, after killing, has power to cast into hell. Yes, I say to you, fear ye him. ⁶ Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God. ⁷ But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore, ye are superior to many sparrows.