1Sa 15:24, Job 31:34, Pro 29:25, Isa 51:12-13, 57:11, Jer 38:5, Joh 12:42 | ESV | STEP | Saul said to Samuel , I have sinned , for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words , because I feared the people and obeyed their voice .

1 Samuel 15:24

24 Saul said to Samuel, ^a“I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.

Job 31:34

34 because I stood in great fear of ^bthe multitude,
and the contempt of families terrified me,
so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors—

Proverbs 29:25

25 ^cThe fear of man lays a snare,
but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.

Isaiah 51:12-13

12 “I, I am he ^dwho comforts you;
who are you that you are afraid of ^eman who dies,
of the son of man who is made ^flike grass,
13 and have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,
^gwho stretched out the heavens
and ^hlaid the foundations of the earth,
and you fear continually all the day
because of the wrath of ⁱthe oppressor,
when he sets himself to destroy?
And where is the wrath of ^jthe oppressor?

Isaiah 57:11

11 ^kWhom did you dread and fear,
^lso that you lied,
and did not remember me,
did not lay it to heart?
^mHave I not held my peace, even for a long time,
and you do not fear me?

Jeremiah 38:5

5 King Zedekiah said, “Behold, he is in your hands, ⁿfor the king can do nothing against you.”

John 12:42

42 Nevertheless, ^omany even of the authorities believed in him, but ^pfor fear of the Pharisees they did not ^qconfess it, so that they would not be ^rput out of the synagogue;