27 Bible Verses about Those Frightened Of God

The man replied, "I heard you moving about in the orchard, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid."

When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, and great terror overwhelmed him.

Then Sarah lied, saying, "I did not laugh," because she was afraid. But the Lord said, "No! You did laugh."

He added, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

In fact, the scene was so terrifying that Moses said, "I shudder with fear."

When Israel saw the great power that the Lord had exercised over the Egyptians, they feared the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses.

On the third day in the morning there was thunder and lightning and a dense cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a very loud horn; all the people who were in the camp trembled.

All the people were seeing the thundering and the lightning, and heard the sound of the horn, and saw the mountain smoking -- and when the people saw it they trembled with fear and kept their distance.

(I was standing between the Lord and you at that time to reveal to you the message of the Lord, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain.) He said:

For I was terrified at the Lord's intense anger that threatened to destroy you. But he listened to me this time as well.

Remove your hand far from me and stop making me afraid with your terror.

a trembling gripped me -- and a terror! -- and made all my bones shake.

then you scare me with dreams and terrify me with visions,

who would take his rod away from me so that his terror would not make me afraid.

Then would I speak and not fear him, but it is not so with me.

That is why I am terrified in his presence; when I consider, I am afraid because of him.

For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless.

The Philistines were scared because they thought that gods had come to the camp. They said, "Too bad for us! We've never seen anything like this!

David was afraid of the Lord that day and said, "How will the ark of the Lord ever come to me?"

As soon as they see, they are shocked; they are terrified, they quickly retreat. Look at them shake uncontrollably, like a woman writhing in childbirth.

The men feared the Lord greatly, and earnestly vowed to offer lavish sacrifices to the Lord.

An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were absolutely terrified.

When King Herod heard this he was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him.

As he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.

While Paul was discussing righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, "Go away for now, and when I have an opportunity, I will send for you."

When Ananias heard these words he collapsed and died, and great fear gripped all who heard about it.

Great fear gripped the whole church and all who heard about these things.