Gen 22:12 He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”
Gen 32:11 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, that he may come and attack me, the mothers with the children.
Gen 42:18 On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:
Exo 9:20 Then whoever feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh hurried his slaves and his livestock into the houses,
Exo 18:21 Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
Deu 7:19 the great trials that your eyes saw, the signs, the wonders, the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, by which the Lord your God brought you out. So will the Lord your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.
Deu 20:8 And the officers shall speak further to the people, and say, ‘Is there any man who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go back to his house, lest he make the heart of his fellows melt like his own.’
Judg 7:3 Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return home and hurry away from Mount Gilead.’” Then 22,000 of the people returned, and 10,000 remained.
Judg 7:10 But if you are afraid to go down, go down to the camp with Purah your servant.
1Sa 23:3 But David’s men said to him, “Behold, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
1Ki 18:3 And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly,
1Ki 18:12 And as soon as I have gone from you, the Spirit of the Lord will carry you I know not where. And so, when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although I your servant have feared the Lord from my youth.
2Ki 4:1 Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”
2Ki 17:32 They also feared the Lord and appointed from among themselves all sorts of people as priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places.
2Ki 17:33 So they feared the Lord but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.
2Ki 17:34 To this day they do according to the former manner. They do not fear the Lord, and they do not follow the statutes or the rules or the law or the commandment that the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
2Ki 17:41 So these nations feared the Lord and also served their carved images. Their children did likewise, and their children’s children—as their fathers did, so they do to this day.
Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
Job 1:8 And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?”
Job 2:3 And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him without reason.”
Psa 15:4 in whose eyes a vile person is despised,
but who honors those who fear the Lord;
who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
but who honors those who fear the Lord;
who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
Psa 22:23 You who fear the Lord, praise him!
All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him,
and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him,
and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
Psa 22:25 From you comes my praise in the great congregation;
my vows I will perform before those who fear him.
my vows I will perform before those who fear him.
Psa 25:12 Who is the man who fears the Lord?
Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.
Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.
Psa 25:14 The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him,
and he makes known to them his covenant.
and he makes known to them his covenant.
Psa 31:19 Oh, how abundant is your goodness,
which you have stored up for those who fear you
and worked for those who take refuge in you,
in the sight of the children of mankind!
which you have stored up for those who fear you
and worked for those who take refuge in you,
in the sight of the children of mankind!
Psa 33:18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,
on those who hope in his steadfast love,
on those who hope in his steadfast love,
Psa 34:7 The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear him, and delivers them.
around those who fear him, and delivers them.
Psa 34:9 Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints,
for those who fear him have no lack!
for those who fear him have no lack!
Psa 60:4 You have set up a banner for those who fear you,
that they may flee to it from the bow. Selah
that they may flee to it from the bow. Selah
Psa 61:5 For you, O God, have heard my vows;
you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
Psa 66:16 Come and hear, all you who fear God,
and I will tell what he has done for my soul.
and I will tell what he has done for my soul.
Psa 85:9 Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him,
that glory may dwell in our land.
that glory may dwell in our land.
Psa 103:11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
Psa 103:13 As a father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
Psa 103:17 But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him,
and his righteousness to children’s children,
and his righteousness to children’s children,
Psa 111:5 He provides food for those who fear him;
he remembers his covenant forever.
he remembers his covenant forever.
Psa 112:1 Praise the Lord!
Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
who greatly delights in his commandments!
Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
who greatly delights in his commandments!
Psa 115:11 You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord!
He is their help and their shield.
He is their help and their shield.
Psa 115:13 he will bless those who fear the Lord,
both the small and the great.
both the small and the great.
Psa 118:4 Let those who fear the Lord say,
“His steadfast love endures forever.”
“His steadfast love endures forever.”
Psa 119:74 Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice,
because I have hoped in your word.
because I have hoped in your word.
Psa 119:79 Let those who fear you turn to me,
that they may know your testimonies.
that they may know your testimonies.
A Song of Ascents.
Psa 128:1 Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,who walks in his ways!
Psa 128:4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
who fears the Lord.
who fears the Lord.
Psa 135:20 O house of Levi, bless the Lord!
You who fear the Lord, bless the Lord!
You who fear the Lord, bless the Lord!
Psa 145:19 He fulfills the desire of those who fear him;
he also hears their cry and saves them.
he also hears their cry and saves them.
Psa 147:11 but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.
in those who hope in his steadfast love.
Pro 13:13 Whoever despises the word brings destruction on himself,
but he who reveres the commandment will be rewarded.
but he who reveres the commandment will be rewarded.
Pro 14:2 Whoever walks in uprightness fears the Lord,
but he who is devious in his ways despises him.
but he who is devious in his ways despises him.
Pro 14:16 One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil,
but a fool is reckless and careless.
but a fool is reckless and careless.
Pro 31:30 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
Ecc 7:18 It is good that you should take hold of this, and from that withhold not your hand, for the one who fears God shall come out from both of them.
Ecc 8:12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before him.
Ecc 8:13 But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
Ecc 9:2 It is the same for all, since the same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil, to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As the good one is, so is the sinner, and he who swears is as he who shuns an oath.
Isa 50:10 Who among you fears the Lord
and obeys the voice of his servant?
Let him who walks in darkness
and has no light
trust in the name of the Lord
and rely on his God.
and obeys the voice of his servant?
Let him who walks in darkness
and has no light
trust in the name of the Lord
and rely on his God.
Jer 26:19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the Lord and entreat the favor of the Lord, and did not the Lord relent of the disaster that he had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great disaster upon ourselves.”
Jer 42:11 Do not fear the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid. Do not fear him, declares the Lord, for I am with you, to save you and to deliver you from his hand.
Jer 42:16 then the sword that you fear shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine of which you are afraid shall follow close after you to Egypt, and there you shall die.
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