Psalms 27:1-2

The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation

Of David.

1 The Lord is my alight and my bsalvation;
cwhom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold
Or refuge
of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When evildoers assail me
to eeat up my flesh,
my adversaries and foes,
it is they who stumble and fall.

Proverbs 29:25

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

Isaiah 51:7

7 gListen to me, you who know righteousness,
the people hin whose heart is my law;
ifear not the reproach of man,
nor be dismayed at their revilings.

Isaiah 51:12

12 “I, I am he jwho comforts you;
who are you that you are afraid of kman who dies,
of the son of man who is made llike grass,

Isaiah 57:11

11 mWhom did you dread and fear,
nso that you lied,
and did not remember me,
did not lay it to heart?
oHave I not held my peace, even for a long time,
and you do not fear me?

John 7:13

13Yet pfor fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.

John 12:42-43

42Nevertheless, qmany even of the authorities believed in him, but rfor fear of the Pharisees they did not sconfess it, so that they would not be tput out of the synagogue; 43 ufor they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.

John 19:38

Jesus Is Buried

38 vAfter these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly wfor fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body.

John 20:19

Jesus Appears to the Disciples

19 xOn the evening yof that day, the first day of the week, zthe doors being locked where the disciples were aafor fear of the Jews,
Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time
Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, acPeace be with you.”
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