Come and listen, all who fear God,
and I will tell what He has done for me.

God will bless us,
and all the ends of the earth will fear Him.

His salvation is very near those who fear Him,
so that glory may dwell in our land.

Teach me Your way, Yahweh,
and I will live by Your truth.
Give me an undivided mind to fear Your name.

Who understands the power of Your anger?
Your wrath matches the fear that is due You.

You will not fear the terror of the night,
the arrow that flies by day,

Then the nations will fear the name of Yahweh,
and all the kings of the earth Your glory,

For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is His faithful love
toward those who fear Him.

As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.

But from eternity to eternity
the Lord’s faithful love is toward those who fear Him,
and His righteousness toward the grandchildren

He has provided food for those who fear Him;
He remembers His covenant forever.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all who follow His instructions have good insight.
His praise endures forever.

He will not fear bad news;
his heart is confident, trusting in the Lord.

His heart is assured; he will not fear.
In the end he will look in triumph on his foes.

You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord!
He is their help and shield.

He will bless those who fear the Lord—
small and great alike.

Let those who fear the Lord say,
“His faithful love endures forever.”

I am a friend to all who fear You,
to those who keep Your precepts.

Those who fear You will see me and rejoice,
for I put my hope in Your word.

Let those who fear You,
those who know Your decrees, turn to me.

I tremble in awe of You;
I fear Your judgments.

He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him;
He hears their cry for help and saves them.

The Lord values those who fear Him,
those who put their hope in His faithful love.

The fear of the Lord
is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Because they hated knowledge,
didn’t choose to fear the Lord,

But whoever listens to me will live securely
and be free from the fear of danger.”

then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and discover the knowledge of God.

Don’t consider yourself to be wise;
fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

Don’t fear sudden danger
or the ruin of the wicked when it comes,

To fear the Lord is to hate evil.
I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct,
and perverse speech.

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

The fear of the Lord prolongs life,
but the years of the wicked are cut short.

In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence
and his children have a refuge.

The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life,
turning people away from the snares of death.

Better a little with the fear of the Lord
than great treasure with turmoil.

The fear of the Lord is what wisdom teaches,
and humility comes before honor.

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Wickedness is atoned for by loyalty and faithfulness,
and one turns from evil by the fear of the Lord.

The fear of the Lord leads to life;
one will sleep at night without danger.

The result of humility is fear of the Lord,
along with wealth, honor, and life.

Don’t let your heart envy sinners;
instead, always fear the Lord.

My son, fear the Lord, as well as the king,
and don’t associate with rebels,

The fear of man is a snare,
but the one who trusts in the Lord is protected.

For many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.

When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is: fear God and keep His commands, because this is for all humanity.

You will not go to all the hills
that were once tilled with a hoe,
for fear of the thorns and briers.
Those hills will be places for oxen to graze
and for sheep to trample.

Do not call everything an alliance
these people say is an alliance.
Do not fear what they fear;
do not be terrified.

Therefore, the Lord God of Hosts says this: “My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, though he strikes you with a rod and raises his staff over you as the Egyptians did.

The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him—
a Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
a Spirit of counsel and strength,
a Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.

His delight will be in the fear of the Lord.
He will not judge
by what He sees with His eyes,
He will not execute justice
by what He hears with His ears,

They will be horrified;
pain and agony will seize them;
they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.
They will look at each other,
their faces flushed with fear.

Wail, you gates! Cry out, city!
Tremble with fear, all Philistia!
For a cloud of dust is coming from the north,
and there is no one missing from the invader’s ranks.

The cities of Aroer are forsaken;
they will be places for flocks.
They will lie down without fear.

On that day Egypt will be like women. She will tremble with fear because of the threatening hand of the Lord of Hosts when He raises it against her.

Therefore, a strong people will honor You.
The cities of violent nations will fear You.

His rock will pass away because of fear,
and his officers will be afraid because of the signal flag.

This is the Lord’s declaration—whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

There will be times of security for you—
a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge.
The fear of the Lord is Zion’s treasure.

Say to the cowardly:
“Be strong; do not fear!
Here is your God; vengeance is coming.
God’s retribution is coming; He will save you.”

Do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be afraid, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you; I will help you;
I will hold on to you with My righteous right hand.

For I, Yahweh your God,
hold your right hand
and say to you: Do not fear,
I will help you.

Do not fear, you worm Jacob,
you men of Israel:
I will help you—
this is the Lord’s declaration.
Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

Now this is what the Lord says—
the One who created you, Jacob,
and the One who formed you, Israel—
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by your name; you are Mine.

Do not fear, for I am with you;
I will bring your descendants from the east,
and gather you from the west.

This is the word of the Lord
your Maker who formed you from the womb;
He will help you:
Do not fear; Jacob is My servant;
I have chosen Jeshurun.

Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,
the people in whose heart is My instruction:
do not fear disgrace by men,
and do not be shattered by their taunts.

I—I am the One who comforts you.
Who are you that you should fear man who dies,
or a son of man who is given up like grass?

Who was it you dreaded and feared,
so that you lied and didn’t remember Me
or take it to heart?
Have I not kept silent for such a long time
and you do not fear Me?

They will fear the name of Yahweh in the west
and His glory in the east;
for He will come like a rushing stream
driven by the wind of the Lord.

Why, Yahweh, do You make us stray from Your ways?
You harden our hearts so we do not fear You.
Return, because of Your servants,
the tribes of Your heritage.

Your own evil will discipline you;
your own apostasies will reprimand you.
Think it over and see how evil and bitter it is
for you to abandon the Lord your God
and to have no fear of Me.
This is the declaration
of the Lord God of Hosts.

“On that day”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“the king and the officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be scared speechless.”

Do you not fear Me?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Do you not tremble before Me,
the One who set the sand as the boundary of the sea,
an enduring barrier that it cannot cross?
The waves surge, but they cannot prevail.
They roar but cannot pass over it.

They have not said to themselves,
‘Let’s fear the Lord our God,
who gives the rain, both early and late, in its season,
who guarantees to us the fixed weeks of the harvest.’

Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch,
their idols cannot speak.
They must be carried because they cannot walk.
Do not fear them for they can do no harm—
and they cannot do any good.

Who should not fear You,
King of the nations?
It is what You deserve.
For among all the wise people of the nations
and among all their kingdoms,
there is no one like You.

He will be like a tree planted by water:
it sends its roots out toward a stream,
it doesn’t fear when heat comes,
and its foliage remains green.
It will not worry in a year of drought
or cease producing fruit.

Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all the people of Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the Lord and plead for the Lord’s favor, and did not the Lord relent concerning the disaster He had pronounced against them? We are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”

King Jehoiakim, all his warriors, and all the officials heard his words, and the king tried to put him to death. When Uriah heard, he fled in fear and went to Egypt.

I will give them one heart and one way so that for their good and for the good of their descendants after them, they will fear Me always.

“I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put fear of Me in their hearts so they will never again turn away from Me.

When they had heard all the words, they turned to each other in fear and said to Baruch, “We must surely tell the king all these things.”

But I will rescue you on that day”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“and you will not be handed over to the men you fear.

Don’t be afraid of the king of Babylon whom you now fear; don’t be afraid of him’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘because I am with you to save you and deliver you from him.

then the sword you fear will overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine you are worried about will follow on your heels there to Egypt, and you will die there.

You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

“If I allow dangerous animals to pass through the land and depopulate it so that it becomes desolate, with no one passing through it for fear of the animals,

All the inhabitants of the coasts and islands
are appalled at you.
Their kings shudder with fear;
their faces are contorted.

This is what the Lord God says:

I will destroy the idols and put an end
to the false gods in Memphis.
There will no longer be
a prince from the land of Egypt.
So I will instill fear in that land.

I will cause many nations to be appalled at you,
and their kings will shudder with fear because of you
when I brandish My sword in front of them.
On the day of your downfall
each of them will tremble
every moment for his life.

I issue a decree that in all my royal dominion, people must tremble in fear before the God of Daniel:

For He is the living God,
and He endures forever;
His kingdom will never be destroyed,
and His dominion has no end.

In fact, they are now saying,
“We have no king!
For we do not fear the Lord.
What can a king do for us?”

A lion has roared;
who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken;
who will not prophesy?

The voice of Yahweh calls out to the city
(and it is wise to fear Your name):
“Pay attention to the rod
and the One who ordained it.

I thought: You will certainly fear Me
and accept correction.
Then her dwelling place
would not be cut off
based on all that I had allocated to her.
However, they became more corrupt
in all their actions.

The Lord has removed your punishment;
He has turned back your enemy.
The King of Israel, Yahweh, is among you;
you need no longer fear harm.

On that day it will be said to Jerusalem:
“Do not fear;
Zion, do not let your hands grow weak.

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me? says Yahweh of Hosts to you priests, who despise My name.”

Yet you ask: “How have we despised Your name?”

“I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, and cheat the wage earner; and against those who deny justice to the foreigner. They do not fear Me,” says the Lord of Hosts.

But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and playfully jump like calves from the stall.

Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and cried out in fear.