'Fear' in the Bible

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.

The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.

After a time Jesus came across him in the Temple and said to him, See, you are well and strong; do no more sin for fear a worse thing comes to you.

After they had gone three or four miles they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near to the boat; and they had great fear.

But he said to them, It is I, have no fear.

But no man said anything about him openly for fear of the Jews.

They said this because of their fear of the Jews: for the Jews had come to an agreement that if any man said that Jesus was the Christ he would be put out of the Synagogue.

Have no fear, daughter of Zion: see your King is coming, seated on a young ass.

He has made their eyes blind, and their hearts hard; for fear that they might see with their eyes and get knowledge with their hearts, and be changed, and I might make them well.

However, a number even of the rulers had belief in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not say so openly for fear that they might be shut out from the Synagogue:

May peace be with you; my peace I give to you: I give it not as the world gives. Let not your heart be troubled; let it be without fear.

When this saying came to Pilate's ears his fear became greater;

After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, made a request to Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate said he might do so. So he went and took away his body.

At evening on that day, the first day of the week, when, for fear of the Jews, the doors were shut where the disciples were, Jesus came among them and said to them, May peace be with you!

Jesus said to them, Come and take some food. And all the disciples were in fear of putting the question, Who are you? being conscious that it was the Lord.

But fear came on every soul: and all sorts of wonders and signs were done by the Apostles.

Now when they saw that Peter and John were without fear, though they were men of no education or learning, they were greatly surprised; and they took note of them that they had been with Jesus.

But so that it may not go farther among the people, let us put them in fear of punishment if they say anything in future in this name.

And now, Lord, take note of their cruel words, and give your servants power to be preachers of your word without fear,

And when their prayer was ended, the place where they were was violently moved, and they all became full of the Holy Spirit, preaching the word of God without fear.

And at these words, Ananias went down on the earth, and his life went from him: and great fear came on all who were present.

Then great fear came on all the church and on all who had knowledge of these things.

The others, in fear, kept back from joining them: but the people made much of them;

Then the captain and some of the police went and took them, but not violently, for fear that they might be stoned by the people.

I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Moses, shaking with fear, kept his eyes from looking at it.

But the Lord said, Go without fear: for he is a special vessel for me, to give to the Gentiles and kings and to the children of Israel the knowledge of my name:

And when he came to Jerusalem, he made an attempt to be joined to the disciples, but they were all in fear of him, not taking him for a disciple.

But Barnabas took him to the Apostles and gave them an account of how he had seen the Lord on the road, and had given hearing to his words, and how at Damascus he had been preaching in the name of Jesus without fear.

Preaching in the name of the Lord without fear; and he had discussions with the Greek Jews; but they were working for his death.

And so the church through all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly.

And he, looking on him in fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your offerings have come up to God, and he has kept them in mind.

But in every nation, the man who has fear of him and does righteousness is pleasing to him.

And Paul, getting up and making a sign with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and you who have the fear of God, give ear.

My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.

Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.

And he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on his face before Paul and Silas,

And the police gave an account of these words to the authorities, and they were full of fear on hearing that they were Romans;

And Paul got to his feet on Mars' Hill and said, O men of Athens, I see that you are overmuch given to fear of the gods.

And the Lord said to Paul in the night, in a vision, Have no fear and go on preaching:

And he was preaching in the Synagogue without fear. But Priscilla and Aquila, hearing his words, took him in, and gave him fuller teaching about the way of God.

And he went into the Synagogue, and for three months he was preaching there without fear, reasoning and teaching about the kingdom of God.

And this came to the ears of all those, Jews and Greeks, who were living at Ephesus; and fear came on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was made great.

Then those who were about to put him to the test went away: and the chief captain was in fear, seeing that he was a Roman, and that he had put chains on him.

And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.

Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.

For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.

Preaching the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ without fear, and no orders were given that he was not to do so.

There is no fear of God before their eyes.

For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father.

And Isaiah says without fear, Those who were not searching for me made discovery of me; and I was seen by those whose hearts were turned away from me.

Truly, because they had no faith they were broken off, and you have your place by reason of your faith. Do not be lifted up in pride, but have fear;

For rulers are not a cause of fear to the good work but to the evil. If you would have no fear of the authority, do good and you will have praise;

For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.

So put yourselves under the authority, not for fear of wrath, but because you have the knowledge of what is right.

Give to all what is their right: taxes to him whose they are, payment to him whose right it is, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour is to be given.

But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,

For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value.

And I was with you without strength, in fear and in doubt.

But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.

So let him who seems to himself to be safe go in fear of a fall.

Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear; because he is doing the Lord's work, even as I am:

And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.

So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.

So, then, we are ever without fear, and though conscious that while we are in the body we are away from the Lord,

We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.

Having in mind, then, the fear of the Lord, we put these things before men, but God sees our hearts; and it is my hope that we may seem right in your eyes.

Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.