'Fear' in the Bible

But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.

But when it came to his ears that Archelaus was ruling over Judaea in the place of his father Herod, he was in fear of going there; and God having given him news of the danger in a dream, he went out of the way into the country parts of Galilee.

Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause against you at law, while you are with him on the way, for fear that he may give you up to the judge and the judge may give you to the police and you may be put into prison.

Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

But the crowds seeing it, were in fear, and glorified God who gave such power to men.

Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

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.

But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you take up the evil plants, you may be rooting up the grain with them.

And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.

And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.

But straight away Jesus said to them, Take heart; it is I, have no fear.

But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting to go down, he gave a cry, saying, Help, Lord.

When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.

And Jesus came and put his hand on them and said, Get up and have no fear.

But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.

And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.

And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position.

And no one was able to give him an answer, and so great was their fear of him, that from that day no one put any more questions to him.

And I was in fear, and went away, and put your talent in the earth: here is what is yours.

But they said, “It must not be during the festival (Passover), otherwise there might be a riot among the people.”

Now the captain and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earth-shock and the things which were done, were in great fear and said, Truly this was a son of God.

Therefore, give orders to have the tomb made secure and safeguarded until the third day, otherwise His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last deception [the reporting of His resurrection] will be worse than the first [the reporting that He is the Messiah].”

And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.

Then saith Jesus to them, 'Fear ye not, go away, tell to my brethren that they may go away to Galilee, and there they shall see me.'

So that seeing they may see, and it will not be clear to them; and hearing it, they will not get the sense; for fear that they may be turned again to me and have forgiveness.

And he said to them, Why are you full of fear? have you still no faith?

Overcome with fear, they kept saying to one another, "Who is this man? Even the wind and the sea obey him!"

They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been demon-possessed sitting down, clothed and in his right mind, the man who had [previously] had the “legion” [of demons]; and they were frightened.

Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came with fear and trembling, fell down before Him, and told Him the whole truth.

But Jesus immediately, having heard the word spoken, says to the ruler of the synagogue, Fear not; only believe.

because Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he continually kept him safe. When he heard John [speak], he was very perplexed; but he enjoyed listening to him.

for they all saw Him and were shaken and terrified. But He immediately spoke with them and said, “Take courage! It is I (I Am)! Stop being afraid.”

For he knew not what he should say, for they were filled with fear.

But the saying was not clear to them, and they were in fear of questioning him about it.

And they were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going before them: and they were full of wonder; but those who came after him were in fear. And again he took the twelve, and gave them word of the things which were to come on him,

And it came to the ears of the chief priests and scribes, and they took thought how they might put him to death; being in fear of him, because all the people were full of wonder at his teaching.

But if we say, From men--they were in fear of the people, because all took John to be truly a prophet.

And they made attempts to take him; but they were in fear of the people, because they saw that the story was against them; and they went away from him.

And when they had come, they said to him, Master, we are certain that you are true, and have no fear of anyone: you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God: Is it right to give taxes to Caesar or not?

And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more.

For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping.

but they were saying, “Not during the festival, for the people might riot.”

And they all went away from him in fear.

There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus.

They went out and fled from the tomb, for they were seized with trembling and astonishment; and they said nothing [about it] to anyone, because they were afraid.

And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.

But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.

And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.

And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.

That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,

and lo, a messenger of the Lord stood over them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they feared a great fear.

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.

And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.

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 there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited 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 people came out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind (mentally healthy); and they were frightened.

Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.

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 when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.

But even as he was saying this, a cloud formed and began to overshadow them; and they were [greatly] afraid as they entered 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, don’t fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more.

But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

"Therefore, do not be asking what you are to eat nor what you are to drink; and do not waver between hope and fear.

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

For when, with your opponent, you are going before the magistrate, on the way take pains to get out of his power; for fear that, if he should drag you before the judge, the judge may hand you over to the officer of the court, and the officer lodge you in prison.

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,

“There was a judge in a certain town who didn’t fear God or respect man.

And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard 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 hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

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 answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?

And as they were filled with fear and bowed their faces to the ground, they said to them, Why seek ye the living one among the dead?

But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen 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.

Howbeit no man spake openly of him 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.

Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

"Yet a little while," He replied, "the light is among you. Be faithful to the light that you have, for fear darkness should overtake you; for a man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.

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.

Nevertheless, even many of the leading men believed in Him [as Savior and Messiah], but because of the Pharisees they would not confess it, for fear that [if they acknowledged Him openly] they would be put out of the synagogue (excommunicated);

I leave peace with you; I give my peace to you: not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it fear.