Fear The Lord

• Shield

After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

• Isaac
• Communion

And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: Fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.

• Pharaoh
• Impenitence

But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet Fear the Lord God.

And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.

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.

Ye shall Fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

• Stumbling-block
• Stumbling

Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt Fear thy God: I am the Lord.

• Manners

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and Fear thy God: I am the Lord.

Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt Fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God.

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.

And the Lord said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.

Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; Fear not, neither be discouraged.

And the Lord said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.

Ye shall not Fear them: for the Lord your God he shall fight for you.

Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to Fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

That thou mightest Fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

Thou shalt Fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to Fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.

Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to Fear him.

• Heart

And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to Fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

Thou shalt Fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.

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.

Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and Fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.

And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to Fear the Lord thy God always.

And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to Fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:

• Glory

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;

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.

And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: Fear not, neither be dismayed.

Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and Fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:

And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to Fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

• Hand

That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might Fear the Lord your God for ever.

And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:

And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.

And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the Lord do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.

And if we have not rather done it for Fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the Lord God of Israel?

• Sincerity

Now therefore Fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.

And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my Lord, turn in to me; Fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.

And I said unto you, I am the Lord your God; Fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.

And the Lord said unto him, Peace be unto thee; Fear not: thou shalt not die.

• Armies

And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the Fear of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

If ye will Fear the Lord, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the Lord your God:

And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart;

Only Fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.

• Obadiah
• Children

And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant Fear the Lord from my youth.

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did Fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.

Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should Fear the Lord.

Unto this day they do after the former manners: they Fear not the Lord, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

With whom the Lord had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not Fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

But the Lord, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye Fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.

But the Lord your God ye shall Fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

• Blessing

And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the Lord brought the Fear of him upon all nations.

And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: Fear not, nor be dismayed: for the Lord God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.

And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the Fear of the Lord came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.

And the Fear of the Lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.

Wherefore now let the Fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the Fear of the Lord, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.

Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: Fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the Lord will be with you.

And the Fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the Lord fought against the enemies of Israel.

• Offerings

And they set the altar upon his bases; for Fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord, even burnt offerings morning and evening.

• Nehemiah
• Blessing

O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to Fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job Fear God for nought?

And unto man he said, Behold, the Fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

Serve the Lord with Fear, and rejoice with trembling.

• Prayer

Put them in Fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that Fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

• Truth

the Fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

Ye that Fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and Fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.

the secret of the Lord is with them that Fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

{A Psalm of David.} 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?

Let all the earth Fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that Fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

the angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that Fear him, and delivereth them.

O Fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that Fear him.

Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the Fear of the Lord.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord.} the transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no Fear of God before his eyes.

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and Fear, and shall trust in the Lord.

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: Fear before him, all the earth.

So the heathen shall Fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that Fear him.

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that Fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

• Wisdom

the Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

Ye that Fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.

He will bless them that Fear the Lord, both small and great.

Let them now that Fear the Lord say, that his mercy endureth for ever.

the Lord is on my side; I will not Fear: what can man do unto me?

the Lord taketh pleasure in them that Fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

• Wisdom

the Fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the Fear of the Lord:

Then shalt thou understand the Fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

Be not wise in thine own eyes: Fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

the Fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

the Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

the Fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

In the Fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

the Fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Better is little with the Fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.

• Wisdom

the Fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the Fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

the Fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

By humility and the Fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.

Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the Fear of the Lord all the day long.

My son, Fear thou the Lord and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

the Fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.

• Glory

Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for Fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty.

And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for Fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for Fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your Fear, and let him be your dread.

And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the Fear of the Lord;

And shall make him of quick understanding in the Fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:

And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy Fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,

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.

• Hypocritical
• Character
• Prophecy

Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their Fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

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.

• Treasure
• Wisdom

And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the Fear of the Lord is his treasure.

For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

So shall they Fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.

O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy Fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my Fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

• Feared
• Power

Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

Neither say they in their heart, Let us now Fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

• SHEPHERDS

And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall Fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the Lord.

• Prayer

Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not Fear the Lord, and besought the Lord, and the Lord repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.

For thus saith the Lord; We have heard a voice of trembling, of Fear, and not of peace.

Therefore Fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.

Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for Fear was round about, saith the Lord.

Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the Lord: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.

He that fleeth from the Fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.

Behold, I will bring a Fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a Fear in the land of Egypt.

• Government

And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I Fear my Lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.

Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall Fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.

Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the Lord will do great things.

the lion hath roared, who will not Fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?

• Jonah
• Converts
• Hebrew

And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I Fear the Lord, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.

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.

• Obedience

Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God had sent him, and the people did Fear before the Lord.

A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my Fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

• Servant

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and Fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

• Angel
• Angel
• Mary

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.

• Galilee
• Church
• Judaea

Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the Fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without Fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.

And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without Fear.

So that we may boldly say, the Lord is my helper, and I will not Fear what man shall do unto me.

• Holy
• Heart

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and Fear: