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109 Bible Verses about Fear of God
I want you to know that God doesn't want you to be afraid of Him. He wants you to come close, to feel comfortable in His presence. When we talk about "fearing" God, it's really about encouraging you to live a life that honors Him – following His word and commandments out of respect and love.
This kind of "fear" comes from within. It guides you to do what's good and right simply because you love Him. It's different from being scared. Fear makes you avoid doing bad things only because you're worried about being punished, not because you love God.
Truly fearing God goes way beyond just being terrified. It's about surrendering your heart to Him, worshipping Him, and honoring His name. It's about having a relationship with Him so deep that you wouldn't want to hurt someone you love so much.
God doesn't want us to be foolish. He wants us to be wise and intelligent, making the best choices for our lives. Proverbs 8:131 says, "To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech." When you know God and experience His goodness, you naturally want to please Him and let go of anything that doesn't align with His heart.
It's through the Holy Spirit that we can straighten out the crooked parts of ourselves and guard our hearts against sin. It's a daily process of becoming more like Him. As Ecclesiastes 12:131 reminds us, "Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of everyone."
Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.This will bring healing to your body, and refreshment to your inner self.
Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Look, the Lord takes notice of his loyal followers, those who wait for him to demonstrate his faithfulness
He is your constant source of stability; he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom; he gives all this to those who fear him.
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.
Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
The fear of the Lord is like a life-giving fountain, to turn people from deadly snares.
Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.
The beginning of wisdom is to fear the Lord, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding.
The commands to fear the Lord are right and endure forever. The judgments given by the Lord are trustworthy and absolutely just.
To obey the Lord is the fundamental principle for wise living; all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever.
Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you except to revere him, to obey all his commandments, to love him, to serve him with all your mind and being,and to keep the Lord’s commandments and statutes that I am giving you today for your own good?
The Lord’s loyal followers receive his guidance, and he reveals his covenantal demands to them.
If only it would really be their desire to fear me and obey all my commandments in the future, so that it may go well with them and their descendants forever.
But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, and is faithful to their descendants,
However, fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Just look at the great things he has done for you!
The Lord commanded us to obey all these statutes and to revere him so that it may always go well for us and he may preserve us, as he has to this day.
Praise the Lord! How blessed is the one who obeys the Lord, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.
The Lord takes delight in his faithful followers, and in those who wait for his loyal love.
Fearing the Lord leads to life, and one who does so will live satisfied; he will not be afflicted by calamity.
The Lord’s spirit will rest on him – a spirit that gives extraordinary wisdom, a spirit that provides the ability to execute plans, a spirit that produces absolute loyalty to the Lord.
Look, the Lord takes notice of his loyal followers, those who wait for him to demonstrate his faithfulnessby saving their lives from death and sustaining them during times of famine.
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
And he said to mankind, ‘The fear of the Lord – that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance; then his splendor will again appear in our land.
He says, “Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!”
You loyal followers of the Lord, trust in the Lord! He is their deliverer and protector.
Gather the people – men, women, and children, as well as the resident foreigners in your villages – so they may hear and thus learn about and fear the Lord your God and carefully obey all the words of this law.Then their children, who have not known this law, will also hear about and learn to fear the Lord your God for as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe.For our God is indeed a devouring fire.
I also know that whatever God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken away from it. God has made it this way, so that men will fear him.
Through loyal love and truth iniquity is appeased; through fearing the Lord one avoids evil.
My hand made them; that is how they came to be,” says the Lord. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.
He will reward each one according to his works:eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness.
My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands within you,For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you.Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you,to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity,who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil;whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways;to deliver you from the adulteress, from the sexually loose woman who speaks flattering words;who leaves the husband from her younger days, and forgets her marriage covenant made before God.For her house sinks down to death, and her paths lead to the place of the departed spirits.None who go in to her will return, nor will they reach the paths of life.by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding,So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.For the upright will reside in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,but the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it.indeed, if you call out for discernment – raise your voice for understanding –if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,then you will understand how to fear the Lord, and you will discover knowledge about God.
There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears punishment has not been perfected in love.
The Lord shows his faithful followers the way they should live.They experience his favor; their descendants inherit the land.
Who among you fears the Lord? Who obeys his servant? Whoever walks in deep darkness, without light, should trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.
The fear of people becomes a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be set on high.
Jesus said to him, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba, Father.”
Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes and still live a long time, yet I know that it will go well with God-fearing people – for they stand in fear before him.But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.
Tremble with fear and do not sin! Meditate as you lie in bed, and repent of your ways! (Selah)
He does not fear bad news. He is confident; he trusts in the Lord.His resolve is firm; he will not succumb to fear before he looks in triumph on his enemies.
The Lord commanded us to obey all these statutes and to revere him so that it may always go well for us and he may preserve us, as he has to this day.We will be innocent if we carefully keep all these commandments before the Lord our God, just as he demands.”
In God – I boast in his promise – in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me?
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you – yes, I help you – yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!
The Lord delivers and vindicates me! I fear no one! The Lord protects my life! I am afraid of no one!
Patiently wait for God alone, my soul! For he is the one who gives me confidence.He alone is my protector and deliverer. He is my refuge; I will not be upended.
Then Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the Lord,To receive moral instruction in skillful living, in righteousness, justice, and equity.they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.Therefore they will eat from the fruit of their way, and they will be stuffed full of their own counsel.
You must recognize the authority of the Lord who commands armies. He is the one you must respect; he is the one you must fear.
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
O Lord, shelter me from the power of the wicked! Protect me from violent men, who plan to knock me over.
Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the Lord gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.”
Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God. May your kind presence lead me into a level land.
You are awe-inspiring, O God, as you emerge from your holy temple! It is the God of Israel who gives the people power and strength. God deserves praise!
Ascribe to the Lord the splendor he deserves! Bring an offering and enter his presence! Worship the Lord in holy attire!
O Lord, your loyal love reaches to the sky; your faithfulness to the clouds.Your justice is like the highest mountains, your fairness like the deepest sea; you preserve mankind and the animal kingdom.
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was pure and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
In the west, people respect the Lord’s reputation; in the east they recognize his splendor. For he comes like a rushing stream driven on by wind sent from the Lord.
For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will give praise to God.”Therefore, each of us will give an account of himself to God.
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
You loyal followers of the Lord, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! All you descendants of Israel, stand in awe of him!
He despises a reprobate, but honors the Lord’s loyal followers. He makes firm commitments and does not renege on his promise.
O Lord, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you!
For I am the Lord your God, the one who takes hold of your right hand, who says to you, ‘Don’t be afraid, I am helping you.’
God springs into action! His enemies scatter; his adversaries run from him.for you live among them. You sustain the oppressed with your good blessings, O God.The Lord speaks; many, many women spread the good news.Kings leading armies run away – they run away! The lovely lady of the house divides up the loot.When you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver and with glittering gold.When the sovereign judge scatters kings, let it snow on Zalmon!The mountain of Bashan is a towering mountain; the mountain of Bashan is a mountain with many peaks.Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, at the mountain where God has decided to live? Indeed the Lord will live there permanently!God has countless chariots; they number in the thousands. The Lord comes from Sinai in holy splendor.You ascend on high, you have taken many captives. You receive tribute from men, including even sinful rebels. Indeed the Lord God lives there!The Lord deserves praise! Day after day he carries our burden, the God who delivers us. (Selah)As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.
But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess.
Just as there is futility in many dreams, so also in many words. Therefore, fear God!
How great is your favor, which you store up for your loyal followers! In plain sight of everyone you bestow it on those who take shelter in you.
In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and it will be a refuge for his children.
For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: “I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we are well known to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.
You demand that your precepts be carefully kept.Look, I long for your precepts. Revive me with your deliverance! ו (Vav)May I experience your loyal love, O Lord, and your deliverance, as you promised.Then I will have a reply for the one who insults me, for I trust in your word.Do not completely deprive me of a truthful testimony, for I await your justice.Then I will keep your law continually now and for all time.I will be secure, for I seek your precepts.I will speak about your regulations before kings and not be ashamed.I will find delight in your commands, which I love.I will lift my hands to your commands, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes. ז (Zayin)Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope.If only I were predisposed to keep your statutes!
Who can really fathom the intensity of your anger? Your raging fury causes people to fear you.
How blessed is every one of the Lord’s loyal followers, each one who keeps his commands!You will eat what you worked so hard to grow. You will be blessed and secure.
The Lord shows his faithful followers the way they should live.They experience his favor; their descendants inherit the land.The Lord’s loyal followers receive his guidance, and he reveals his covenantal demands to them.
But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, and is faithful to their descendants,to those who keep his covenant, who are careful to obey his commands.
But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall.