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

²⁶ Therefore do not fear them, for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, and nothing hidden which shall not be known. ²⁷ What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear, proclaim on the housetops. ²⁸ And do not fear those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. ²⁹ Are not two sparrows sold for an assarion? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. ³⁰ But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹ Therefore do not fear, you are of more value than many sparrows.

³² Then everyone who shall confess Me before men, I will confess him before My Father who is in Heaven. ³³ But whoever shall deny Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in Heaven.

⁴ And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. ⁵ But I will warn you of whom you shall fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yea, I say to you, fear Him. ⁶ Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? And not one of them is forgotten before God. ⁷ But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore do not fear, you are of more value than many sparrows.