3329 verses about Fear

The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility.

By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

The king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh.

A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”

lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul.

Don’t let your heart envy sinners; but rather fear Yahweh all day long.

If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.

My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious:

for their calamity will rise suddenly; the destruction from them both—who knows?

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”

A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; no one will support him.

One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.

Don’t you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.

The lion, which is mightiest among animals, and doesn’t turn away for any;

She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!

I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.

It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

Don’t allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don’t protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?

For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words: but you must fear God.

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from that don’t withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come out of them all.

I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.

I say, “Keep the king’s command!” because of the oath to God.

for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

For he doesn’t know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?

Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.

But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn’t fear God.

All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn’t sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath.

For man also doesn’t know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.

There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.

Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.

yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be on the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

They all handle the sword, and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, because of fear in the night.

Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty.

For there will be a day of Yahweh of Armies for all that is proud and haughty, and for all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low:

Men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.

To go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.

They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land behold, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its clouds.

In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

David’s house was told, “Syria is allied with Ephraim.” His heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.

Tell him, ‘Be careful, and keep calm. Don’t be afraid, neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking torches, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

“Let’s go up against Judah, and tear it apart, and let’s divide it among ourselves, and set up a king within it, even the son of Tabeel.”

This is what the Lord Yahweh says: “It shall not stand, neither shall it happen.”

and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.’”

But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, neither will I tempt Yahweh.”

Yahweh will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.

Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be shattered! Dress for battle, and be shattered!

Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand: for God is with us.”

For Yahweh spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

“Don’t say, ‘A conspiracy!’ concerning all about which this people say, ‘A conspiracy!’ neither fear their threats, nor be terrorized.

Yahweh of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.

Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured.”

When they tell you, “Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:” shouldn’t a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

They will pass through it, very distressed and hungry; and it will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse by their king and by their God. They will turn their faces upward,

and look to the earth, and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.

What will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, says “My people who dwell in Zion, don’t be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you, as Egypt did.

They have gone over the pass. They have taken up their lodging at Geba. Ramah trembles. Gibeah of Saul has fled.

Madmenah is a fugitive. The inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.

Behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will lop the boughs with terror. The tall will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low.

Yahweh’s Spirit will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh.

His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;

Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”

Wail; for the day of Yahweh is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Therefore all hands will be feeble, and everyone’s heart will melt.

They will be dismayed. Pangs and sorrows will seize them. They will be in pain like a woman in labor. They will look in amazement one at another. Their faces will be faces of flame.

Howl, gate! Cry, city! You are melted away, Philistia, all of you; for smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.

Heshbon cries out with Elealeh. Their voice is heard even to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud. Their souls tremble within them.

My heart cries out for Moab! Her nobles flee to Zoar, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for they go up by the ascent of Luhith with weeping; for on the way to Horonaim, they raise up a cry of destruction.

At evening, behold, terror! Before the morning, they are no more. This is the portion of those who plunder us, and the lot of those who rob us.

The burden of Egypt. “Behold, Yahweh rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt will melt within it.

The spirit of Egypt will fail within it. I will destroy its counsel. They will seek the idols, the charmers, those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards.

I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord. A fierce king will rule over them,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble and fear because of the shaking of Yahweh of Armies’s hand, which he shakes over them.

The land of Judah will become a terror to Egypt. Everyone to whom mention is made of it will be afraid, because of the plans of Yahweh of Armies, which he determines against it.

so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

The inhabitants of this coast land will say in that day, ‘Behold, this is our expectation, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria. And we, how will we escape?’”

The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land.

Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have taken hold on me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can’t hear. I so am dismayed that I can’t see.

My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.