'Fear' in the Bible

And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear came on him.

But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.

And the angel said to her, Have no fear, Mary, for you have God's approval.

His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of him.

And fear came on all those who were living round about them: and there was much talk about all these things in all the hill-country of Judaea.

That we, being made free from the fear of those who are against us, might give him worship,

And an angel of the Lord came to them, and the glory of the Lord was shining round about them: and fear came on them.

And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you good news of great joy which will be for all the people:

And so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were working with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Have no fear; from this time forward you will be a fisher of men.

And wonder overcame them all, and they gave glory to God; and they were full of fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.

And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins, for fear that the skins will be burst by the new wine, and the wine be let out, and the skins come to destruction.

And fear came on all, and they gave praise to God, saying, A great prophet is among us: and, God has given thought to his people.

And he said to them, Where is your faith? And fear and wonder overcame them, and they said to one another, Who then is this, who gives orders even to the winds and the water and they do what he says?

And they went out to see what had taken place, and they came to Jesus and saw the man out of whom the evil spirits had gone, seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, at the feet of Jesus; and fear came on them.

And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes made a request to him to go away from them; for they were in great fear: and he got into a boat and went back.

And when the woman saw that she was not able to keep it secret, she came, shaking with fear, and falling down before him she made clear before all the people the reason for her touching him, and how she was made well straight away.

But Jesus at these words said to him, Have no fear, only have faith, and she will be made well.

And while he said these things, the shade of a cloud came over them, and they were full of fear when they went into the cloud.

But this saying was not clear to them and its sense was kept secret from them so that they were not able to see it: and they had fear of questioning him about it.

And I say to you, my friends, Have no fear of those who may put the body to death, and are able to do no more than that.

But I will make clear to you of whom you are to be in fear: of him who after death has power to send you to hell; yes, truly I say, Have fear of him.

But even the hairs of your head are numbered. Have no fear: you are of more value than a flock of sparrows.

Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

For fear that if he makes a start and is not able to go on with it to the end, all who see it will be laughing at him,

Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God or respect for man:

And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man,

Because I was in fear of you, for you are a hard man: you take up what you have not put down, and get in grain where you have not put seed.

And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to get their hands on him in that very hour; and they were in fear of the people, for they saw that he had made up this story against them.

And they had fear of putting any more questions to him.

And when news of wars and troubled times comes to your ears, have no fear; for these things have to be, but the end will not be now.

And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth, fear among the nations and doubt because of the loud noise of the sea and the waves;

Men's strength will go from them in fear and in waiting for the things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of the heavens will be moved.

But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:

And the chief priests and the scribes were looking for a chance to put him to death, but they went in fear of the people.

But the other, protesting, said, Have you no fear of God? for you have a part in the same punishment,

And while their faces were bent down to the earth in fear, these said to them, Why are you looking for the living among the dead?

But they were full of fear, being of the opinion that they were seeing a spirit.