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Bible on Fear

680 passages in the Bible address fear, in the King James Version translation.

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Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
Isaiah 8:12 · Bible · Isaiah
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
1 John 4:18 · Bible · 1 John
Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
Deuteronomy 1:29 · Bible · Deuteronomy
My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
Malachi 2:5 · Bible · Malachi
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.
Luke 12:5 · Bible · Luke
Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
Job 13:11 · Bible · Job
Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
Job 13:21 · Bible · Job
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Psalms 119:120 · Bible · Psalms
Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.
Job 33:7 · Bible · Job
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
Proverbs 3:25 · Bible · Proverbs
Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
Jeremiah 42:11 · Bible · Jeremiah
O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
Psalms 34:9 · Bible · Psalms
The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
Isaiah 41:5 · Bible · Isaiah
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Psalms 91:5 · Bible · Psalms
Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
Isaiah 8:13 · Bible · Isaiah
And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
Ezekiel 2:6 · Bible · Ezekiel
But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
1 Peter 3:14 · Bible · 1 Peter
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
Job 3:25 · Bible · Job
Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
Psalms 22:23 · Bible · Psalms
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
Romans 13:7 · Bible · Romans
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalms 27:1 · Bible · Psalms
On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
Joshua 4:14 · Bible · Joshua
In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
Isaiah 54:14 · Bible · Isaiah
And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
Exodus 20:20 · Bible · Exodus
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
Isaiah 51:7 · Bible · Isaiah
Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
Ecclesiastes 8:12 · Bible · Ecclesiastes
Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
Isaiah 35:4 · Bible · Isaiah
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.
Matthew 10:28 · Bible · Matthew
If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;
Deuteronomy 28:58 · Bible · Deuteronomy
There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
Psalms 53:5 · Bible · Psalms
In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it.
Isaiah 19:16 · Bible · Isaiah
And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 31:9 · Bible · Isaiah
And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
Deuteronomy 20:3 · Bible · Deuteronomy
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Deuteronomy 31:6 · Bible · Deuteronomy
They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.
Micah 7:17 · Bible · Micah
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
Romans 13:3 · Bible · Romans
Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
Numbers 14:9 · Bible · Numbers
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Psalms 2:11 · Bible · Psalms
There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Romans 3:18 · Bible · Romans
While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
1 Peter 3:2 · Bible · 1 Peter
Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
Exodus 15:16 · Bible · Exodus
And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.
Isaiah 19:17 · Bible · Isaiah
Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
Isaiah 44:8 · Bible · Isaiah
And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
Isaiah 57:11 · Bible · Isaiah
Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
Malachi 3:16 · Bible · Malachi
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
Job 15:4 · Bible · Job
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
Psalms 56:3 · Bible · Psalms
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Ephesians 5:21 · Bible · Ephesians
This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
Deuteronomy 2:25 · Bible · Deuteronomy
There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
Deuteronomy 11:25 · Bible · Deuteronomy
Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
Judges 7:3 · Bible · Judges
Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
Jeremiah 42:16 · Bible · Jeremiah
In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Deuteronomy 28:67 · Bible · Deuteronomy
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Job 22:10 · Bible · Job
But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
Psalms 130:4 · Bible · Psalms
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
Lamentations 3:47 · Bible · Lamentations
But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.
John 6:20 · Bible · John
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
John 19:8 · Bible · John
Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
1 Timothy 5:20 · Bible · 1 Timothy
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
1 Peter 2:17 · Bible · 1 Peter
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