58 Bible Verses about Fear
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Fear is not in love; but perfected love casts out fear: for fear has restraint. And he fearing has not been perfected in love.
For God gave not to us the spirit of timidity; but of power, and love, and of soundness of mind.
But the word of none do I make mine own, neither have I my soul highly prized to myself, in order to finish my course with joy, and the service which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the good news of the grace of God.
And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every living thing of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens, upon every thing which shall creep along the earth and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand they were given.
The fear of the unjust one it shall come to him: and the desire of the just shall be given.
The beginning of wisdom is the fear of Jehovah, and the knowledge of the holy ones is understanding.
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: the foolish despised wisdom and instruction.
Thou shalt not fear, for I am with thee: thou shalt not look around for help for I thy God will strengthen thee; also I helped thee; also I held thee up with the right hand of my justice.
To David. Jehovah my light and my saviour; of whom shall I be afraid? Jehovah the strength of my life; from whom shall I tremble? In the drawing near of those doing evil to me, to eat my flesh, adversaries and enemies to me, they were weak and fell If a camp shall encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: if war shall rise up against me, in this I trust
Thou shalt not be afraid from sudden terror, and from the destruction of the unjust when it shall come.
All the earth shall fear from Jehovah: and of him shall all dwelling in the habitable globe be afraid.
Therefore, my beloved, as ye have always listened, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and tremor effect your own salvation.
To give to us, fearlessly, delivered from the hands of our enemies,
The God of Israel said to me, the Rock of Israel spake a parable upon the just man: a parable to fear God.
For rulers are not the terror of good works, but of evil. And wilt thou not fear the power do good, and thou shalt have approbation of it:
And whom didst thou fear? and wilt thou be afraid? for thou wilt lie, and thou didst not remember me; thou didst not put it upon thy heart; was not I being silent and from of old, and thou wilt not be afraid of me?
From Thematic Bible
Fear » What not to fear
Neither be afraid of what things thou art about to suffer: behold, the accuser is about to cast of you into prison, that ye might be tried; and ye shall have pressure ten days: be thou faithful until death, and I will give thee the crown of life.
So that being confident, we say, The Lord aiding me, and I will not fear what man will do to me.
Ye shall not look upon faces in judgment; as the small so the great shall ye hear; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is to God; and the word which shall be hard for you, ye shall bring to me and I heard it
And Jehovah cut out a covenant with them, and he commanded them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, and ye shall not worship to them, and ye shall not serve them, and ye shall not sacrifice to them. But Jehovah who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an extended arm, him shall ye fear, and to him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye sacrifice. And the laws and the judgments, and the instruction and command which he wrote for you, ye shall watch to do all the days; and ye shall not fear other gods read more.
And the covenant which I cut out with you ye shall not forget; and ye shall not fear other gods
In God I will praise his word, in God I trusted; I will not fear what flesh shall do to me.
Fear » The fear of the lord
The fear of Jehovah being pure, standing forever: the judgments of Jehovah, truth, they were altogether just
Good is little with the fear of Jehovah more than much treasure and confusion with it
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: the foolish despised wisdom and instruction.
The fear of Jehovah hates evil: pride and haughtiness, and the evil way, and the mouth of perverseness I hated.
And he will say to man, Behold, the fear of Jehovah, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Fear » Godly » Examples of righteous men dominated by
Then truly the churches through the Whole of Judea and Galilee and Samaria, had peace, being built up; and going in the fear of the Lord, and in the consolation of the Holy Spirit, were multiplied.
Religious, and fearing God with all his house, and doing many alms to the people, and praying God always.
And the former prefects that were before me made heavy upon the people, and they will take from them in bread and wine, the last silver forty shekels; also their young men ruled over the people: and I did not thus from the face of the fear of God.
And he will say to them, I an Hebrew; and I feared Jehovah God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.
And the men feared Jehovah with great fear, and they will sacrifice a sacrifice to Jehovah, and they will vow vows.
Fear » Slavish, of wicked » Needless
And he was upon the back part of the ship, sleeping upon a pillow: and they aroused him, and say to him, Teacher, carest thou not that we perish?
And seeing the wind strong, he was afraid: and beginning to sink, he cried out, Lord, save me.
And the disciples, having heard, fell upon their face, and were greatly afraid.
And the woman, afraid and trembling, having known what bad been upon her, came and fell down before him, and spake all the truth to him.
And having come to the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right, being encompassed with a white robe; and they were terrified.
Fear » Who shall not be afraid
Wisdom will cry without; in the broad places she will give her voice: She will call in the head of sound, in the entrances of the gates: in the city she will say her words: How long, ye simple, will ye love simplicity? and mockers delight to mock for them, and the foolish hate knowledge? read more.
Ye shall turn back at my reproofs: behold, I will pour forth my spirit to you, I will make known my words to you. Because I called and ye will refuse; I stretched forth my hands, and none attending; And ye will reject all my counsels, and ye desired not my reproofs: Also I will laugh at your ruin: I will deride in the coming of your terror; In your terror coming as a destroying tempest, and your ruin shall come as a whirlwind; in the coming upon you of straits and distress. Then they shall call upon me, and I will not answer; they shall seek me, and shall not find me; For that they hated knowledge, and chose not the fear of Jehovah: They desired not for my counsels: and derided all my reproofs. And they shall eat from the fruit of their way, and be filled with their purposes For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the error of the foolish shall destroy them. And he hearing to me shall dwell in confidence, and being quiet from fear of evil.
A good man, being merciful and lending: he will hold up his words in judgment; For he shall not be moved forever: the just one shall be for eternal remembrance. He shall not fear an evil report: his heart being prepared to trust in Jehovah. read more.
His heart being sustained, he will not fear even till he shall look upon his enemies.
For thy Lord making thee; Jehovah of armies his name; and he redeeming thee, the Holy One of Israel; the God of the earth shall he be called. As a wife forsaken and grieved of spirit Jehovah called thee, and a wife of youth; for thou shalt be rejected, said thy God. In a little moment I forsook thee; and with great mercies I will gather thee. read more.
In the outpouring of anger I hid a moment my face from thee; and in eternal mercy I compassionated thee, said Jehovah redeeming thee. For this the water of Noah to me: as I sware to the water of Noah from again passing over the earth; thus I sware from being angry against thee and from rebuking upon thee. For the mountains shall remove and the hills shall waver; and my mercy shall not remove from thee, and the covenant of my peace shall not waver, said Jehovah compassionating thee. Thou afflicted, tossed about, not comforted behold me laying thy stones with paint, and I founded thee with sapphires And I set thy battlements the ruby, and thy gates in stones of sparkling, and all thy bound in stones of delight And all thy sons taught of Jehovah; and much the peace of thy sons. In justice shalt thou be prepared: go far off from violence; for thou shalt not be afraid: and from terror, for it shall not draw near to thee.
Fear » Who shall fear the lord
And all men shall fear, and they shall announce the work of God: and they shall look at his doing.
God shall bless us, and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
O Jehovah, thou my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name, for thou didst a wonder; counsels from far off, stability, faithfulness. For thou didst set from a city to a heap, a fortified city to ruins: a palace of strangers from a city; it shall not be built forever. For this shall the strong people honor thee, the city of terrible nations shall fear thee.
For many days shall the sons of Israel dwell, not a king and not a chief and not a sacrifice and not a pillar and it one ephod and teraphim Afterward the sons of Israel shall turn back and they sought Jehovah their God, and David their king; and they trembled at Jehovah and at his goodness in the last of the days.
Fear » The reward for fearing the lord
Jehovah of armies, him shall ye consecrate; and he your fear, and he your terror. And he was for a holy place and for a stone of striking, and for a rock of falling to the two houses of Israel; for a trap net and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
And it will be because the midwives will fear God, and he will make houses for them.
If ye will fear Jehovah and serve him, and hear to his voice, and ye shall not rebel against the mouth of Jehovah, and ye shall be, also ye, and the king which reigned over you, after Jehovah your God.
Fear » Not » Blessings in the journey of life
And Jehovah will be seen to him in that night., and will say, I am the God of Abraham thy father: thou shalt not be afraid, for I am with thee, and I praised thee, and I increased thy seed, for sake of Abraham my servant
And Jehovah will say to Moses, Thou shalt not be afraid of him; for into thy hand I gave him, and all his people and his land; and do to him as thou didst to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who will dwell in Heshbon.
And Jehovah will say to him, Peace to thee; thou shalt not fear; thou shalt not die.
Fear » Who not to fear
And fear not from those killing the body, and not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him able to destroy also soul and body in hell.
But against Jehovah ye shall not rebel, and ye shall not be afraid of the people of the land; for they our bread: for their shadow removed from them and Jehovah with us; ye shall not be afraid of them.
And I say to you my friends, Be not afraid of those killing the body, and after these not having anything remaining to do. And I will shew you whom ye should fear: Fear him having power, after killing, to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, Fear him.
Fear » The fearful
Fear is not in love; but perfected love casts out fear: for fear has restraint. And he fearing has not been perfected in love.
But to the cowardly, and unbelieving, and to the abominable, and murderers, and to fornicators, and charmers, and to idolaters, and to all the lying, their part in the lake burning with fire and sulphur: which is the second death,
Fear » Not » Companionship in trial
For I Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, saving thee: I gave Egypt expiating thee, Cush and Seba instead of thee.
And now, thus said Jehovah creating thee, O Jacob, and forming thee, O Israel, Thou shalt not fear, for I redeemed thee; I called by thy name; thou art to me. When thou shalt pass through the waters, I with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou shalt go through fire thou shalt not be burnt, and the flame shall not consume thee.
Fear » Who fears the lord
He going in his uprightness will fear Jehovah: and he perverted in his ways, despised him.
And they will say each to his neighbor, Come, and we will cast the lot, and we shall know for the retributions of this evil to us. And they will cast lots, and the lot will fall upon Jonah. And they will say to him, Announce now to us, on account of whom is this evil to us? what thy work? and from whence wilt thou come? what thy land? and from what people art thou? And he will say to them, I an Hebrew; and I feared Jehovah God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.
Fear » Not » Life beyond the grave
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he put his right hand upon me, saying to me, Be not afraid;I am the the first and the last: And he living, and I was dead; and, behold, I am living for the times of times, Amen; and have the keys of hades and of death.
Fear » Not » Overshadowing care
And also the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore; ye have the preeminence over many sparrows.
Fear » Those that do not fear the lord
Wisdom will cry without; in the broad places she will give her voice: She will call in the head of sound, in the entrances of the gates: in the city she will say her words: How long, ye simple, will ye love simplicity? and mockers delight to mock for them, and the foolish hate knowledge? read more.
Ye shall turn back at my reproofs: behold, I will pour forth my spirit to you, I will make known my words to you. Because I called and ye will refuse; I stretched forth my hands, and none attending; And ye will reject all my counsels, and ye desired not my reproofs: Also I will laugh at your ruin: I will deride in the coming of your terror; In your terror coming as a destroying tempest, and your ruin shall come as a whirlwind; in the coming upon you of straits and distress. Then they shall call upon me, and I will not answer; they shall seek me, and shall not find me; For that they hated knowledge, and chose not the fear of Jehovah:
Fear » The reward for fearing other gods
And it will be that the sons of Israel sinned against Jehovah their God, having brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and they will fear,other gods. And they will go in the laws of the nations which Jehovah dispossessed from the face of the sons of Israel, and the kings of Israel which they made. And the sons of Israel will cover the words not thus concerning Jehovah their God, and they will build to them heights in all their cities from the tower of those watching even to the fortified city. read more.
And they will set to them statues and images upon every high hill, and under every green tree. And they will burn incense there in all the heights as the nations which Jehovah carried into exile from their face; and they will do evil words to irritate Jehovah: And they will serve blocks which Jehovah said to them, Ye shall not do this word. And Jehovah will testify in Israel and in Judah by the hand of all his prophets, all seeing, saying, Turn back from your evil ways and watch my commands, my laws according to all my instruction which I commanded your fathers, and which I Sent to you by the hand of my servants the prophets. And they heard not, and they will harden their neck as the neck Of their fathers who did not believe in Jehovah their God. And they will reject his laws and his covenant which he cut out with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified in them; and they will go after vanity, and they will be vain, and after the nations which were round about them which Jehovah commanded them not to do as they. And they will forsake all the commands of Jehovah their God, and make to them a molten thing, two Calves; and they will make images, and they will worship to all the army of the heavens, and serve Baal. And they will cause their sons and their daughters to pass through in fire, and divine divinations and enchantments, and they will be sold to do evil in the eyes of Jehovah to Irritate him. And Jehovah will be greatly angry against Israel, and he will remove them from his face: not to leave only the tribe of Judah alone. Also Judah watched not the commands of Jehovah their God, and they will go in the laws of Israel which they made. And Jehovah will reject in all the seed of Israel, and will afflict them, and he will give them into the hand of plunderers, till he cast them from his face. For he rent Israel from above the house of David; and they will make Jeroboam son of Nebat, king; and Jeroboam will thrust out Israel king after Jehovah, and he caused them to sin a great sin. And the sons of Israel will go in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they turned not away from them; Till Jehovah removed Israel from his face, as he spake by the hand of all his servants the prophets. And he will carry Israel into exile from his land to Assur, even to this day.
Fear » Who shall understand the fear of the lord
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commands with thee; To attend to wisdom thou wilt incline thine ear, thy heart to understanding; For if thou will call to understanding, wilt give thy voice to understanding read more.
If thou wilt seek her as silver, and dig for her as hidden treasure; Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and thou shalt find the knowledge of God.
Fear » Those that fear the commandment
He despising to the word it shall be perverse to him: and he fearing the command shall be requited.
Fear » The fear of the wicked
The fear of the unjust one it shall come to him: and the desire of the just shall be given.
Fear » The fear of man
The fear of man will give a snare: and he trusting in Jehovah shall be exalted.
Fear » Who to fear
Ye shall fear each his mother and his father, and my Sabbaths ye shall watch: I am Jehovah your God.
Fear » Not » Supplies in famine
And Elijah will say to her, Thou shalt not fear; go and do according to thy word: but make to me from thence a little cake at first, and bring forth to me, and for thee and for thy son thou shalt make at last
Fear » What is fearful
Fear » Not » Strength in weakness
Thou shalt not fear, for I am with thee: thou shalt not look around for help for I thy God will strengthen thee; also I helped thee; also I held thee up with the right hand of my justice.
Fear » Not » Protection in peril
And he will say, Thou shalt not fear: for the many which are with us are more than with them.
Fear » Why men fear the lord
The Almighty we found not: great of power and judgment, and much justice, he will not afflict For this, men shall fear him: he will not see all the wise of heart.
Fear » The lord delivering you from your fears
Fear » What should be done with fear
Fear » Where there is no fear
Fear is not in love; but perfected love casts out fear: for fear has restraint. And he fearing has not been perfected in love.
Fear » What casts out fear
Fear is not in love; but perfected love casts out fear: for fear has restraint. And he fearing has not been perfected in love.
Heart » Renewed » Fear
And I cut out to them an eternal covenant that I will not turn back from after them, to do them good; and I will give my fear in their heart not to turn away from me.
Israel » Fear » Refuge » Egypt
And all the people will rise from small and even to great, and the chiefs of the armies, and they will go to Egypt, for they were afraid from the face of the Chaldees.
And all the people which Ishmael carried away captive from Mizpeh will turn about and turn back and go to Johanan son of Kareah. And Ishmael son of Nethaniah escaped with eight men from the face of Johanan, and he went to the sons of Ammon. And Johanan son of Kareah will take, and all the captains of the armies which were with him, all the remnant whom he turned back from Ishmael son of Nethaniah from Mizpeh, after he struck Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the strong men of war, and the women and children, and the eunuchs which he turned back from the hill. read more.
And they will go and dwell in the habitation of Chimham, which is near the house of bread, to go to come into Egypt, From the face of the Chaldean: for they were afraid from their face, because Ishmael son of Nethaniah, struck Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babel appointed over the land.
And if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, not hearing to the voice of Jehovah your God, Saying, No; for we will go to the land of Egppt where we shall not see war, and we shall not hear the voice of the trumpet, and for bread we shall not hunger: and there will we dwell. And now for this, hear the word of Jehovah, ye remnant of Judah: Thus said Jehovah of armies, God of Israel, If setting, ye shall set your faces to go to Egypt, and ye went to sojourn there; read more.
And it was the sword which ye were afraid of it, there it shall overtake you in the land of Egypt, and the famine which ye feared from it, shall cleave after you there in Egypt, and there shall ye die. And it shall be all the men who set their faces to go to Egypt to sojourn there shall die with the sword, and with famine, and with death: and there shall not be to them fleeing or escaping from the face of the evil which I bring upon them. For thus said Jehovah of armies, God of Israel, as mine anger was poured out, and my wrath upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath be poured out upon you in your going to Egypt: and ye were for a curse and for an astonishment and for reviling, and for reproach; and ye shall no more see this place.
Let us » Fear
Let us therefore fear, lest a solemn promise being left to come into his rest, any of you should seem to have failed.
Punishment of the The Wicked » In this life by » Fear
And they remaining of you, and I brought timidity into their heart in the land of their enemies; and the voice of a driven leaf pursued them, and they fled, fleeing the sword; and they fell, and none pursued. And they faltered each upon his brother, as from before the sword, and none pursued: and there shall be to you no power of standing before your enemies.
Trust » Keeps from » Fear
Behold God my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid: for my strength and song is Jah Jehovah, and he will be to me for salvation.
So that being confident, we say, The Lord aiding me, and I will not fear what man will do to me.
Topics on Fear
Anxiety And Fear
Psalm 94:19In the multitude of my thoughts in my midst thy consolations will delight my soul.
Casting Out Fear
1 John 4:18Fear is not in love; but perfected love casts out fear: for fear has restraint. And he fearing has not been perfected in love.
Confidence In God, Removes Fear
Psalm 46:1-2To the overseer for the sons of Korah, with the female voice: a song. O God, to us refuge and strength, helping greatly, being found in straits
Do Not Fear For God Will Help
Joel 2:21Thou shalt not fear, O land; rejoice and be glad, for Jehovah magnified to do.
Do Not Fear Men
Deuteronomy 1:17Ye shall not look upon faces in judgment; as the small so the great shall ye hear; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is to God; and the word which shall be hard for you, ye shall bring to me and I heard it
Fear And Animals
Genesis 9:2And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every living thing of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens, upon every thing which shall creep along the earth and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand they were given.
Fear And Worry
Matthew 10:19And when they deliver you up, have no care how or what ye should speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak.
Fear God!
Leviticus 19:14Thou shalt not curse the deaf, and before the blind thou shalt not give a stumbling block, and thou shalt fear thy God: I Jehovah.
Fear Is Due
Romans 13:3For rulers are not the terror of good works, but of evil. And wilt thou not fear the power do good, and thou shalt have approbation of it:
Fear Of Christ
Psalm 72:5And they shall fear thee with the sun and before the moon, generation of generations.
Fear Of Death
Hebrews 2:15And deliver them, as many as by fear of death were always to live bound by slavery.
Fear Of Enemies
Deuteronomy 28:66And thy lives were hung before thee; and thou wert afraid night and day, and thou shalt not trust to thy life
Fear Of God
Proverbs 1:7The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: the foolish despised wisdom and instruction.
Fear Of God, Examples Of
Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, having an intimation of the divine will of things not yet seen, being circumspect, prepared an ark for the salvation of his house; by which he condemned the world, and by faith became an heir of justice.
Fear Of God, Results Of
Deuteronomy 6:24And Jehovah will command us to do all these laws, to fear Jehovah our God, for good to us all the days, to preserve us alive as this day.
Fear Of Individuals
Genesis 31:31And Jacob will answer and say to Laban, Because I was afraid; for I said, Lest thou wilt tear away my daughters from me;
Fear Of Man
Proverbs 29:25The fear of man will give a snare: and he trusting in Jehovah shall be exalted.
Fear Of Other Things
Genesis 42:4And Benjamin, Josephs brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest harm should meet him.
Fear Of Stoning
Exodus 8:26And Moses will say, It not being right to do so; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to Jehovah our God: Behold, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians in their eyes, and will they not stone us?
Fear Of The Lord
2 Chronicles 19:9And he will command upon them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of Jehovah, with faithfulness and with the whole heart.
Fear Turned To Assurance
Psalm 23:4Also if I shall go into the valley of the shadow of death, I shall not be afraid of evil, for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they will comfort me.
Fear Will Come
Luke 21:26Men losing breath for fear and expectation of things coming on the habitable globe: for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
Fear, Caused By
Genesis 3:10And he will will say, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I shall be afraid, because I am naked, and I will hide myself.
Fear, Of Death
Hebrews 2:14-15Since therefore the young children participated in flesh and blood, he also likewise participated with them; that by death he might leave unemployed him having the strength of death, that is, the devil;
Fear, Of Future
Jeremiah 51:46And lest your heart shall be faint and ye be afraid for the report being heard in the land; and a report came in a year, and after it in a year a report, and violence in the land, dominion against dominion.
Fear, Of Natural
Psalm 91:5Thou Shalt not be afraid from terror the night; from the arrow that will fly the day;
Fear, Of Persecution
Ezra 4:4And the people of the land will be slackening the hands of the people of Judah, and terrifying them in building,
Fear, Of Unknown
Daniel 4:5I saw a dream, and it will terrify me; and the conceptions upon my bed and the visions of my head, will cause me to tremble.
Freed From Fear
Psalm 56:4In God I will praise his word, in God I trusted; I will not fear what flesh shall do to me.
Godly Fear, Description
Job 28:28And he will say to man, Behold, the fear of Jehovah, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Godly Fear, Examples Of
Genesis 22:12And he will say, Thou shalt not put forth thy hand upon the boy, and thou shalt do nothing to him; for now I know that thou feared God, and thou didst not spare thy son thine only, from me.
Guilty Fear
Proverbs 28:1The unjust fled and none pursuing, and the just shall be confident as the young lion.
No Fear Of God
Genesis 20:11And Abraham will say, For I said, Surely there is not the fear of God in this place; and they will kill me because of my wife.
Overcoming Fear With Faith
Isaiah 41:10Thou shalt not fear, for I am with thee: thou shalt not look around for help for I thy God will strengthen thee; also I helped thee; also I held thee up with the right hand of my justice.
The Fear Of The Lord
Job 28:28And he will say to man, Behold, the fear of Jehovah, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.