Fear
36 references
- See Cowardice
- Also see [1653]FEAR OF GOD, below
- REVERENCE Gen. 35:5; Exod. 18:21; 20:18-20; Lev. 22:32; Deut. 4:10; 5:29; 6:2,13; 10:12,20,21; 13:4; 14:23; 28:49,58; Josh. 4:24; 24:14; 1 Sam. 2:30; 12:14,24; 2 Sam. 23:3; 1 Kgs. 8:40; 2 Kgs. 17:28,36,39; 1 Chr. 16:30; 2 Chr. 19:7,9; Ezra 10:3; Neh. 5:9; Job 28:28; 37:24; Ps. 2:11; 4:4; 15:4; 19:9; 22:23,25; 25:12-14; 31:19; 33:8,18; 34:7,9; 46:10; 52:6; 60:4; 64:9; 66:16; 67:7; 72:5; 76:7; 85:9; 86:11; 89:7; 90:11; 96:4,9; 99:1; 102:15; 103:11,17; 111:5,10; 112:1; 115:11,13; 118:4; 119:63,74,79; 128:1,4; 130:4; 135:20; 145:19; 147:11; Prov. 1:7; 2:5; 3:7; 8:13; 9:10; 10:27; 13:13; 14:2,16,26,27; 15:16,33; 16:6; 19:23; 22:4; 23:17; 24:21; 28:14; 31:30; Eccl. 3:14; 5:7; 7:18; 8:12; 12:13; Isa. 2:10,19-21; 8:13; 25:3; 29:13,23; 33:6,13; 50:10; 59:19; 60:5; Jer. 5:22; 10:7; 32:39,40; 33:9; Isa. 3:5; Mic. 7:16,17; Zeph. 1:7; 3:7; Zech. 2:13; Mal. 1:6; 3:16; 4:2; Matt. 10:28; Luke 1:50; 12:5; 23:40; Acts 10:35; 13:16,26; Rom. 11:20; 2 Cor. 7:1; Eph. 5:21; 6:5; Phil. 2:12; Col. 3:22; Heb. 5:5,7; 12:28,29; Jas. 2:19; 1 Pet. 1:17; 2:17,18; 3:2,15; 1 John 4:16-18; Rev. 11:18; 14:7; 19:5
- CONSPICUOUS INSTANCES OF THOSE WHO FEARED
- Noah, in preparing the ark Heb. 11:7
- Abraham, tested in the offering of his son Isaac Gen. 22:12
- Jacob, in the vision of the ladder, and the covenant of God Gen. 28:16,17; 42:18
- The midwives of Egypt, in refusing to take the lives of the Hebrew children Exod. 1:17,21
- The Egyptians, at the time of the plague of thunder and hail and fire Exod. 9:20
- The nine and one-half tribes of Israel west of the Jordan River Josh. 22:15-20
- Phinehas, in turning away the anger of God at the time of the plague Num. 25:11; with 25:6-15
- Obadiah, in sheltering one-hundred prophets against the wrath of Jezebel 1 Kgs. 18:3,4
- Jehoshaphat, in proclaiming a feast, when the land was about to be invaded by the armies of the Ammonites and Moabites 2 Chr. 20:3
- Nehemiah, in his reform of the public administration Neh. 5:15
- Hanani, which qualified him to be ruler over Jerusalem Neh. 7:2
- Job, according to the testimony of Satan Job 1:8
- David Ps. 5:7; 119:38
- Hezekiah, in his treatment of the prophet Micah, who prophesied harm against Jerusalem Jer. 26:19
- Jonah, during the storm Jon. 1:9
- The Jews, in obeying the voice of the Lord Hag. 1:12
- Levi, in receiving the covenant of life and peace Hag. 1:5
- The women at the grave Matt. 28:8
- Cornelius, who revered God with all his house Acts 10:2
- See CONVICTION OF SIN
- See Faith
- CULTIVATED Exod. 3:5; 19:12,13; Heb. 12:18-24
- GUILTY Job 5:20-25; 18:11; Prov. 1:24-27; 10:24; Dan. 5:6; Jas. 2:19
- INSTANCES OF GUILTY FEAR
- Adam and Eve Gen. 3:8-13
- The guards at Jesus' tomb Matt. 28:4
- Judas Matt. 27:3-5
- Demons Jas. 2:19
- See CONVICTION, OF SIN
- A MOTIVE OF OBEDIENCE Lev. 19:14,32; 25:17,36,43; Num. 32:15; Deut. 6:13-15; 7:4; 8:5,6; 10:12,13,20; 13:4,6-11; 14:23; 15:9; 17:11-13; 19:16-20; 21:18-21; 28:14-68; 31:11-13; Josh. 23:11-16; 1 Sam. 12:14,15,24,25; Job 13:21; 31:1-4,13-15,23; Prov. 16:6; Isa. 1:20; Jer. 4:4; 22:5; Matt. 10:28; Luke 12:4,5; 2 Cor. 5:10,11; 2 Tim. 4:1,2; 2 Pet. 3:10-12; Rev. 14:9,10
- See PUNISHMENT, DESIGN OF, TO SECURE OBEDIENCE
- See REWARD, A MOTIVE FOR FAITHFULNESS
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.