Sacred Concord

Bible on Fear

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

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.
Malachi 3:5 · Bible · Malachi
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.
1 Samuel 11:7 · Bible · 1 Samuel
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?
2 Samuel 12:18 · Bible · 2 Samuel
For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
Isaiah 31:4 · Bible · Isaiah
For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.
Jeremiah 20:4 · Bible · Jeremiah
They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain.
Ezekiel 32:25 · Bible · Ezekiel
And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.
1 Samuel 14:15 · Bible · 1 Samuel
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
2 Samuel 22:8 · Bible · 2 Samuel
Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight.
1 Chronicles 19:13 · Bible · 1 Chronicles
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
Job 30:15 · Bible · Job
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
Psalms 31:24 · Bible · Psalms
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
Psalms 55:5 · Bible · Psalms
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
Psalms 75:5 · Bible · Psalms
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
Proverbs 4:14 · Bible · Proverbs
Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
Ecclesiastes 8:3 · Bible · Ecclesiastes
Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
Isaiah 50:10 · Bible · Isaiah
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
Micah 7:8 · Bible · Micah
When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
Habakkuk 3:16 · Bible · Habakkuk
But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
Mark 5:33 · Bible · Mark
That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
2 Corinthians 10:9 · Bible · 2 Corinthians
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