Nave’s Topical Bible
Fear of God
186 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- REVERENCE
Genesis 35:5; Exodus 18:21; Exodus 20:18-20; Leviticus 22:32; Deuteronomy 4:10; Deuteronomy 5:29; Deuteronomy 6:2,13; Deuteronomy 10:12,20-21; Deuteronomy 13:4; Deuteronomy 14:23; Deuteronomy 28:49,58; Joshua 4:24; Joshua 24:14; 1 Samuel 2:30; 1 Samuel 12:14,24; 2 Samuel 23:3; 1 Kings 8:40; 2 Kings 17:28,36,39; 1 Chronicles 16:30; 2 Chronicles 19:7,9; Ezra 10:3; Nehemiah 5:9; Job 28:28; Job 37:24; Psalms 2:11; Psalms 4:4; Psalms 15:4; Psalms 19:9; Psalms 22:23,25; Psalms 25:12-14; Psalms 31:19; Psalms 33:8,18; Psalms 34:7,9; Psalms 46:10; Psalms 52:6; Psalms 60:4; Psalms 64:9; Psalms 66:16; Psalms 67:7; Psalms 72:5; Psalms 76:7; Psalms 85:9; Psalms 86:11; Psalms 89:7; Psalms 90:11; Psalms 96:4,9; Psalms 99:1; Psalms 102:15; Psalms 103:11,17; Psalms 111:5,10; Psalms 112:1; Psalms 115:11,13; Psalms 118:4; Psalms 119:63,74,79; Psalms 128:1,4; Psalms 130:4; Psalms 135:20; Psalms 145:19; Psalms 147:11; Proverbs 1:7; Proverbs 2:5; Proverbs 3:7; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 9:10; Proverbs 10:27; Proverbs 13:13; Proverbs 14:2,16,26-27; Proverbs 15:16,33; Proverbs 16:6; Proverbs 19:23; Proverbs 22:4; Proverbs 23:17; Proverbs 24:21; Proverbs 28:14; Proverbs 31:30; Ecclesiastes 3:14; Ecclesiastes 5:7; Ecclesiastes 7:18; Ecclesiastes 8:12; Ecclesiastes 12:13; Isaiah 2:10,19-21; Isaiah 8:13; Isaiah 25:3; Isaiah 29:13,23; Isaiah 33:6,13; Isaiah 50:10; Isaiah 59:19; Isaiah 60:5; Jeremiah 5:22; Jeremiah 10:7; Jeremiah 32:39-40; Jeremiah 33:9; Isaiah 3:5; Micah 7:16-17; Zephaniah 1:7; Zephaniah 3:7; Zechariah 2:13; Malachi 1:6; Malachi 3:16; Malachi 4:2; Matthew 10:28; Luke 1:50; Luke 12:5; Luke 23:40; Acts 10:35; Acts 13:16,26; Romans 11:20; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Ephesians 5:21; Ephesians 6:5; Philippians 2:12; Colossians 3:22; Hebrews 5:5,7; Hebrews 12:28-29; James 2:19; 1 Peter 1:17; 1 Peter 2:17-18; 1 Peter 3:2,15; 1 John 4:16-18; Revelation 11:18; Revelation 14:7; Revelation 19:5
- CONSPICUOUS INSTANCES OF THOSE WHO FEARED
- Noah, in preparing the ark
- Abraham, tested in the offering of his son Isaac
- Jacob, in the vision of the ladder, and the covenant of God
- The midwives of Egypt, in refusing to take the lives of the Hebrew children
- The Egyptians, at the time of the plague of thunder and hail And fire
- The nine and one-half tribes of Israel west of the Jordan River
- Phinehas, in turning away the anger of God at the time of The plague
- Obadiah, in sheltering one-hundred prophets against the Wrath of Jezebel
- Jehoshaphat, in proclaiming a feast, when the land was about To be invaded by the armies of the Ammonites and Moabites
- Nehemiah, in his reform of the public administration
- Hanani, which qualified him to be ruler over Jerusalem
- Job, according to the testimony of Satan
- David
- Hezekiah, in his treatment of the prophet Micah, who Prophesied harm against Jerusalem
- Jonah, during the storm
- The Jews, in obeying the voice of the Lord
- Levi, in receiving the covenant of life and peace
- The women at the grave
- Cornelius, who revered God with all his house
See FAITH
- CULTIVATED
- GUILTY
Job 5:20-25; Job 18:11; Proverbs 1:24-27; Proverbs 10:24; Daniel 5:6; James 2:19
- INSTANCES OF GUILTY FEAR
- Adam and Eve
- The guards at Jesus' tomb
- Judas
- Demons
- A MOTIVE OF OBEDIENCE
Leviticus 19:14,32; Leviticus 25:17,36,43; Numbers 32:15; Deuteronomy 6:13-15; Deuteronomy 7:4; Deuteronomy 8:5-6; Deuteronomy 10:12-13,20; Deuteronomy 13:4,6-11; Deuteronomy 14:23; Deuteronomy 15:9; Deuteronomy 17:11-13; Deuteronomy 19:16-20; Deuteronomy 21:18-21; Deuteronomy 28:14-68; Deuteronomy 31:11-13; Joshua 23:11-16; 1 Samuel 12:14-15,24-25; Job 13:21; Job 31:1-4,13-15,23; Proverbs 16:6; Isaiah 1:20; Jeremiah 4:4; Jeremiah 22:5; Matthew 10:28; Luke 12:4-5; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; 2 Timothy 4:1-2; 2 Peter 3:10-12; Revelation 14:9-10
Bible verses about “Fear of God”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Genesis 35:5And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
- Exodus 18:21Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
- Exodus 20:18And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
- Exodus 20:19And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
- Exodus 20:20And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
- Leviticus 22:32Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the Lord which hallow you,
- Deuteronomy 4:10Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
- Deuteronomy 5:29O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
- Deuteronomy 6:2That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
- Deuteronomy 6:13Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
- Deuteronomy 10:12And 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,
- Deuteronomy 10:20Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
- Deuteronomy 10:21He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
- Deuteronomy 13:4Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
- Deuteronomy 14:23And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always.
- Deuteronomy 28:49The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
- Deuteronomy 28:58If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;
- Joshua 4:24That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever.
- Joshua 24:14Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.
- 1 Samuel 2:30Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
- 1 Samuel 12:14If ye will fear the Lord, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the Lord your God:
- 1 Samuel 12:24Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
- 2 Samuel 23:3The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
- 1 Kings 8:40That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
- 2 Kings 17:28Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth–el, and taught them how they should fear the Lord.
- 2 Kings 17:36But the Lord, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
- 2 Kings 17:39But the Lord your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
- 1 Chronicles 16:30Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
- 2 Chronicles 19:7Wherefore 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.
- 2 Chronicles 19:9And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the Lord, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
- Ezra 10:3Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
- Nehemiah 5:9Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
- Job 28:28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
- Job 37:24Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
- Psalms 2:11Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
- Psalms 4:4Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
- Psalms 15:4In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
- Psalms 19:9The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
- Psalms 22:23Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
- Psalms 22:25My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.