π Fear God
This study lists scriptures on whom we are to fear.
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Matthew 10:28
- And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Fear the LORD thy God
Deuteronomy 6:13
- Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
Deuteronomy 10:12-13, 20
- And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
- To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
- Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
Psalms 33:8
- Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Proverbs 3:7
- Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
Proverbs 23:17
- Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Luke 12:5
- But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
1 Peter 2:17
- Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
The eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him
Psalms 25:14
- The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
Psalms 33:18-19
- Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
- To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Psalms 34:7-9
- The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
- O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
- O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
Psalms 85:9
- Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
Psalms 103:11-13, 17-18
- For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
- As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
- Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
- But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
- To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
Psalms 111:5
- He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
Psalms 115:11, 13
- Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
- He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
Psalms 145:18-20
- The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
- He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
- The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
Psalms 147:11
- The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
Ecclesiastes 8:12-13
- Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
- But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
Luke 1:50
- And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
The fear of the LORDβ¦
Psalms 34:11
- Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Proverbs 2:1-5
- My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
- So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
- Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
- If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
- Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Job 28:28
- And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Psalms 19:9
- The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
Psalms 111:10
- The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Proverbs 1:7
- The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 8:13
- The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Proverbs 9:10
- The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Proverbs 10:27
- The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Proverbs 14:26-27
- In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
- The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Proverbs 15:16, 33
- Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
- The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
Proverbs 16:6
- By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
Proverbs 19:23
- The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
Proverbs 22:4
- By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
Fear not
2 Kings 17:35,37-39
- With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
- And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.
- And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.
- But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
Psalms 56:4
- In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
Psalms 118:6
- The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
Isaiah 51:7
- Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
Hebrews 13:5-6
- Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
- So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Warning
Proverbs 1:24-33
- Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
- But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
- I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
- When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
- Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
- For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
- They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
- Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
- But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
Romans 3:10-18
- As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
- There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
- They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
- Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
- Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
- Their feet are swift to shed blood:
- Destruction and misery are in their ways:
- And the way of peace have they not known:
- There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Do
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
- Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
- For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
2 Chronicles 19:7
- Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
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