'Fear' in the Bible

The God of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is ruling over men, when he is ruling in the fear of God,

And all the guests of Adonijah got up in fear and went away, every man to his place.

And Adonijah himself was full of fear because of Solomon; and he got up and went to the altar, and put his hands on its horns.

And they gave Solomon word of it, saying, See, Adonijah goes in such fear of King Solomon, that he has put his hands on the horns of the altar, saying, Let King Solomon first give me his oath that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.

And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to give decisions.

And Elijah said to her, Have no fear; go and do as you have said, but first make me a little cake of it and come and give it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son.

And Ahab sent for Obadiah, the controller of the king's house. (Now Obadiah had the fear of the Lord before him greatly;

Then the angel of the Lord said to Elijah, Go down with him; have no fear of him. So he got up and went down with him to the king.

And he said in answer, Have no fear; those who are with us are more than those who are with them.

But they were full of fear, and said, The two kings have gone down before him: how may we keep our place?

Then Gedaliah gave his oath to them and their men, saying, Have no fear because of the servants of the Chaldaeans; go on living in the land under the rule of the king of Babylon, and all will be well.

Then all the people, small and great, and the captains of the forces, got up and went away to Egypt, for fear of the Chaldaeans.

Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, falling on it himself.

And so great was David's fear of God that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?

And David's name was honoured in all lands; and the Lord put the fear of him on all nations.

Be in fear before him, all the earth: the world is ordered so that it may not be moved.

But David was not able to go before it to get directions from the Lord, so great was his fear of the sword of the angel of the Lord.

And all will go well for you, if you take care to keep the laws and the rules which the Lord gave to Moses for Israel: be strong and take heart; have no fear and do not be troubled.

And David said to his son Solomon, Be strong and of a good heart and do your work; have no fear and do not be troubled, for the Lord God, my God, is with you; he will not give you up, and his face will not be turned away from you, till all the work necessary for the house of the Lord is complete.

And the men of Judah gave a loud cry; and at their cry, God put fear into Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

So the Lord sent fear on the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah; and the Ethiopians went in flight.

And they overcame all the towns round Gerar, because the Lord sent fear on them; and they took away their goods from the towns, for there were stores of wealth in them.

And the fear of the Lord was on all the kingdoms of the lands round Judah, so that they made no wars against Jehoshaphat.

So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.

And he gave them their orders, saying, You are to do your work in the fear of the Lord, in good faith and with a true heart.

Then Jehoshaphat, in his fear, went to the Lord for directions, and gave orders all through Judah for the people to go without food.

And he said, Give ear, O Judah, and you people of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat: the Lord says to you, Have no fear and do not be troubled on account of this great army; for the fight is not yours but God's.

There will be no need for you to take up arms in this fight; put yourselves in position, and keep where you are, and you will see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: have no fear and do not be troubled: go out against them tomorrow, for the Lord is with you.

And the fear of God came on all the kingdoms of the lands, when they had news of how the Lord made war on those who came against Israel.

He gave himself to searching after God in the days of Zechariah, who made men wise in the fear of God; and as long as he was true to the Lord, God made things go well for him.

And so the wrath of the Lord has come on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has given them up to be a cause of fear and wonder and shame, as your eyes have seen.

Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were sinners against the Lord, the God of their fathers, so that he made them a cause of fear, as you see.

Be strong and take heart; have no fear, and do not be troubled on account of the king of Assyria and all the great army with him: for there is a greater with us.

These things they said, crying out with a loud voice in the Jews' language, to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, with the purpose of troubling them and putting fear into them, so that they might take the town;

They put the altar on its base; for fear was on them because of the people of the countries: and they made burned offerings on it to the Lord, even burned offerings morning and evening.

Then the people of the land made the hands of the people of Judah feeble, troubling them with fear in their building;

Then everyone who went in fear of the words of the God of Israel, because of the sin of those who had come back, came together to me; and I kept where I was, overcome with grief, till the evening offering.

Let us now make an agreement with our God to put away all the wives and all their children, if it seems right to my lord and to those who go in fear of the words of our God; and let it be done in keeping with the law.

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin came together to Jerusalem before three days were past; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people were seated in the wide square in front of the house of God, shaking with fear because of this business and because of the great rain.

And the king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing that you are not ill? this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was full of fear;

And after looking, I got up and said to the great ones and to the chiefs and to the rest of the people, Have no fear of them: keep in mind the Lord who is great and greatly to be feared, and take up arms for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your houses.

And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear of our God, because of the shame which the nations may put on us?

But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.

For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong.

For this reason they had given him money, in order that I might be overcome by fear and do what he said and do wrong, and so they would have reason to say evil about me and put shame on me.

Keep in mind, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat and what they did, and Noadiah, the woman prophet, and the rest of the prophets whose purpose was to put fear into me.

And when our haters had news of this, all the nations round about us were full of fear and were greatly shamed, for they saw that this work had been done by our God.

And they said much before me of the good he had done, and gave him accounts of my words. And Tobiah sent letters with the purpose of causing me fear.

Then on that day Haman went out full of joy and glad in heart; but when he saw Mordecai in the king's doorway, and he did not get to his feet or give any sign of fear before him, Haman was full of wrath against Mordecai.

And Esther said, Our hater and attacker is this evil Haman. Then Haman was full of fear before the king and the queen.

And in every part of the kingdom and in every town, wherever the king's letter and his order came, the Jews were glad with great joy, and had a feast and a good day. And a great number of the people of the land became Jews: for the fear of the Jews had come on them.

On that day, the Jews came together in their towns through all the divisions of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, for the purpose of attacking all those who were attempting evil against them: and everyone had to give way before them, for the fear of them had come on all the peoples.

And all the chiefs and the captains and the rulers and those who did the king's business gave support to the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai had come on them.

Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.

For I have a fear and it comes on me, and my heart is greatly troubled.

Is not your fear of God your support, and your upright way of life your hope?

Fear came on me and shaking, and my bones were full of trouble;

He will keep you safe from the evil tongue; and you will have no fear of wasting when it comes.

You will make sport of destruction and need, and will have no fear of the beasts of the earth.

He whose heart is shut against his friend has given up the fear of the Ruler of all.

So have you now become to me; you see my sad condition and are in fear.

Then you send dreams to me, and visions of fear;

I go in fear of all my pains; I am certain that I will not be free from sin in your eyes.

Let him take away his rod from me and not send his fear on me:

Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself.

Then truly your face will be lifted up, with no mark of sin, and you will be fixed in your place without fear:

Sleeping with no fear of danger; and men will be desiring to have grace in your eyes;

Will not his glory put you in fear, so that your hearts will be overcome before him?

Take your hand far away from me; and let me not be overcome by fear of you.

Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.

A sound of fear is in his ears; in time of peace destruction will come on him:

He is greatly in fear of the dark day, trouble and pain overcome him:

But now he has overcome me with weariness and fear, and I am in the grip of all my trouble.

At his fate those of the west are shocked, and those of the east are overcome with fear.

Be in fear of the sword, for the sword is the punishment for such things, so that you may be certain that there is a judge.

At the very thought of it my flesh is shaking with fear.

Their houses are free from fear, and the rod of God does not come on them.

For this cause nets are round your feet, and you are overcome with sudden fear.

For this cause I am in fear before him, my thoughts of him overcome me.

For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark.

He takes away his fear of danger and gives him support; and his eyes are on his ways.

And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.

I was laughing at them when they had no hope, and the light of my face was never clouded by their fear.

For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.

For fear of the great body of people, or for fear that families might make sport of me, so that I kept quiet, and did not go out of my door;

And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, made answer and said, I am young, and you are very old, so I was in fear, and kept myself from putting my knowledge before you.

Fear has overcome them, they have no more answers to give; they have come to an end of words.

Fear of me will not overcome you, and my hand will not be hard on you.

Then he makes his secrets clear to men, so that they are full of fear at what they see;

Those who have no fear of God keep wrath stored up in their hearts; they give no cry for help when they are made prisoners.

For this cause men go in fear of him; he has no respect for any who are wise in heart.

She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear.

He is stamping with joy in the valley; he makes sport of fear.

Truly, if the river is overflowing, it gives him no cause for fear; he has no sense of danger, even if Jordan is rushing against his mouth.

Who has made open the doors of his face? Fear is round about his teeth.

Strength is in his neck, and fear goes dancing before him.

When he gets ready for the fight, the strong are overcome with fear.

On earth there is not another like him, who is made without fear.

Everything which is high goes in fear of him; he is king over all the sons of pride.

Give worship to the Lord with fear, kissing his feet and giving him honour,