Genesis 32:7-11
7Then Jacob was agreatly afraid and distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two camps, 8thinking, “If Esau comes to the one camp and attacks it, then the camp that is left will escape.”9And Jacob said, b“O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who csaid to me, ‘Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,’ 10 dI am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps. 11Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for eI fear him, that he may come and attack me, the mothers with the children.
Genesis 32:24-28
24And Jacob was left alone. And fa man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. 25When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, g“I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28Then he said, h“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, ▼▼ Israel means He strives with God, or God strives
for jyou have striven with God and kwith men, and have prevailed.” Psalms 56:3-4
3When I am afraid,I lput my trust in you.
4In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; mI shall not be afraid.
What can flesh do to me?
Isaiah 37:3-6
3They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a nday of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; ochildren have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth. 4 pIt may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the Lord your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for qthe remnant that is left.’”5When the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah, 6Isaiah said to them, “Say to your master, ‘Thus says the Lord: Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the young men of the king of Assyria have reviled me.
Jonah 1:16
16Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, rand they offered a sacrifice to the Lord sand made vows.Matthew 10:28
28And tdo not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him uwho can destroy both soul and body in hell. ▼▼Greek Gehenna
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