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

²⁶ "So never be afraid of them, because there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing secret that will not be made known. ²⁷ What I tell you in darkness you must speak in the daylight, and what is whispered in your ear you must shout from the housetops. ²⁸ Stop being afraid of those who kill the body but can't kill the soul. Instead, be afraid of the one who can destroy both body and soul in hell. ²⁹ "Two sparrows are sold for a penny, aren't they? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's permission. ³⁰ Indeed, even the hairs on your head have all been counted! ³¹ So stop being afraid. You are worth more than a bunch of sparrows."

³² "Therefore, everyone who acknowledges me before people I, too, will acknowledge before my Father in heaven. ³³ But whoever denies me before people I, too, will deny before my Father in heaven."

⁴ "But I tell you, my friends, never be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can't do anything more. ⁵ I'll show you the one you should be afraid of. Be afraid of the one who has the authority to throw you into hell after killing you. Yes, I tell you, be afraid of him! ⁶ "Five sparrows are sold for two pennies, aren't they? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. ⁷ Why, even all the hairs on your head have been counted! Stop being afraid. You are worth more than a bunch of sparrows."