'Trembling' in the Bible

Then he said to his brothers, “My money has been returned, and behold, it is even in my sack.” And their hearts sank, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”

“Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed;The leaders of Moab, trembling grips them;All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.

Among those nations you shall find no rest, and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot; but there the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and despair of soul.

Now therefore come, proclaim in the hearing of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is afraid and trembling, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead.’” So 22,000 people returned, but 10,000 remained.

When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road eagerly watching, because his heart was trembling for the ark of God. So the man came to tell it in the city, and all the city cried out.

Also some of the Hebrews crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. But as for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

And there was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even the garrison and the raiders trembled, and the earth quaked so that it became a great trembling.

So Samuel did what the Lord said, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the city came trembling to meet him and said, “Do you come in peace?”

Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came trembling to meet David and said to him, “Why are you alone and no one with you?”

“Then the earth shook and quaked,The foundations of heaven were tremblingAnd were shaken, because He was angry.

“Foreigners lose heart,And come trembling out of their fortresses.

So all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month on the twentieth of the month, and all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and the heavy rain.

Dread came upon me, and trembling,And made all my bones shake.

Worship the Lord with reverenceAnd rejoice with trembling.

Then the earth shook and quaked;And the foundations of the mountains were tremblingAnd were shaken, because He was angry.

Foreigners fade away,And come trembling out of their fortresses.

Fear and trembling come upon me,And horror has overwhelmed me.

My mind reels, horror overwhelms me;The twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.

Sinners in Zion are terrified;Trembling has seized the godless.“Who among us can live with the consuming fire?Who among us can live with continual burning?”

“Stand fast now in your spellsAnd in your many sorceriesWith which you have labored from your youth;Perhaps you will be able to profit,Perhaps you may cause trembling.

“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.

Then all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones, remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble every moment and be appalled at you.

Then behold, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.

He said to me, “O Daniel, man of high esteem, understand the words that I am about to tell you and stand upright, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling.

Afterward the sons of Israel will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king; and they will come trembling to the Lord and to His goodness in the last days.

They will walk after the Lord,He will roar like a lion;Indeed He will roarAnd His sons will come trembling from the west.

They will come trembling like birds from EgyptAnd like doves from the land of Assyria;And I will settle them in their houses, declares the Lord.

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling.He exalted himself in Israel,But through Baal he did wrong and died.

They will lick the dust like a serpent,Like reptiles of the earth.They will come trembling out of their fortresses;To the Lord our God they will come in dreadAnd they will be afraid before You.

I saw the tents of Cushan under distress,The tent curtains of the land of Midian were trembling.

But the woman fearing and trembling, aware of what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth.

They went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had gripped them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

When the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came trembling and fell down before Him, and declared in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched Him, and how she had been immediately healed.

And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas,

I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling,

His affection abounds all the more toward you, as he remembers the obedience of you all, how you received him with fear and trembling.

Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ;

So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling;

And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, “I am full of fear and trembling.”