'Feared' in the Bible

Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, "Stay a widow in your father's house until Shelah my son grows up," for {he feared he would also die} like his brother. So Tamar went and stayed in the house of her father.

But Jacob did not send Benjamin, the brother of Joseph, for {he feared harm would come to him}.

But the midwives feared God, and they did not do as the king of Egypt had said to them. They let the boys live.

{And so} because the midwives feared God, he gave them {families}.

Anyone from the servants of Pharaoh who feared the word of Yahweh caused his servants and livestock to flee to the houses.

And Israel saw the great hand that Yahweh displayed against Egypt, and the people feared Yahweh, and they believed in Yahweh and in Moses his servant.

If I had not feared a provocation of [the] enemy, lest their foes might misunderstand, lest they should say, "Our hand is {triumphant}, and Yahweh [did] not do all this." '

So Samuel called out to Yahweh, and Yahweh brought thunder and rain that [same] day, so all the people feared Yahweh and Samuel greatly.

Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned because I have transgressed {the commandment of Yahweh} and your words, for I feared the troops and I listened to their voice.

And [Ish-Bosheth] was no longer able to {answer} Abner {because he feared him}.

But David feared Yahweh on that day and said, "How can the ark of Yahweh come to me?"

And it will happen that I will go from you and the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you up to where I do not know. Then I will come to tell Ahab, but he will not find you, and then he will kill me, [even though] your servant has feared Yahweh from my youth.

Now [this] happened because the {Israelites} had sinned against Yahweh their God when he brought them up from the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh the king of Egypt and they feared other gods.

And David feared God on that day, saying, "How can I bring the ark of God [home] to me?"

For Yahweh [is] great and greatly praised, and he is feared among all gods.

I gave command over Jerusalem to my brother Hanani and Hananiah the commander of the citadel. For he was a faithful man and feared God more than many.

because the dread that I {feel} has come upon me, and what I feared befalls me.

Then Elihu the son of Barakel the Buzite {spoke up} and said, "{I am young}, but you are old; therefore I feared and became afraid of explaining my knowledge to you.

{You, indeed, are to be feared}, and who can stand before you when you [are] angry?

From heaven you proclaimed judgment. [The] earth feared and was still

Make vows and fulfill them to Yahweh, your God; let all surrounding him bring tribute to the [one to be] feared.

He cuts off [the] spirit of leaders. [He is to be] feared by [the] kings of [the] earth.

a God feared greatly in the council of [the] holy ones, and awesome above all surrounding him?

For Yahweh [is] great and very worthy of praise; he [is to be] feared above all gods.

But with you [is] forgiveness, so that you may be feared."

that sends messengers by the sea and in vessels of papyrus on [the] surface of [the] waters! Go, swift messengers, to a {tall} and {smooth} nation, to a people feared {near and far}, a {mighty, mighty} and trampling nation, whose land rivers divide.

At that time, a gift will be brought to Yahweh of hosts [from] a {tall} and {smooth} people, and from a people feared near and far, a mighty, mighty and trampling nation, whose land [the] rivers divide, to the place of the name of Yahweh of hosts, the mountain of Zion.

And of whom were you afraid and feared, that you deceived and did not remember me? Did you not place [it] on your heart? [Have] I not been silent, even from long ago, and [so] you do not fear me?

[The] sword you have feared, and [the] sword I will bring against you!" {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

And because of the greatness that he gave to him, all the peoples, the nations and languages trembled and feared before him; whomever he wanted he killed, and whomever he wanted he let live, and whomever he wanted he honored, and whomever he wanted he humbled.

So the men feared Yahweh {greatly}, and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh and {made} vows.

Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people gave heed to the voice of Yahweh their God and to the words of Haggai the prophet, as Yahweh their God had sent him, {and the people feared Yahweh}.