Genesis 35:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Then Jacob and his sons left that place. The people in the surrounding cities wanted to follow and kill them, but God filled them with such great fear that they did not go after them.

Cross References

Exodus 23:27

“When you fight against your enemies, I will send my great power before you. I will help you defeat all your enemies. The people who are against you will become confused in battle and run away.

2 Chronicles 17:10

The nations near Judah were afraid of the Lord, so they did not start a war against Jehoshaphat.

Psalm 14:5

They will have plenty to fear, because God is with those who do what is right.

Joshua 5:1

So the Lord dried up the Jordan River until the Israelites finished crossing it. The kings of the Amorites living west of the Jordan River and the Canaanites living by the Mediterranean Sea heard about this and became very frightened. After that they were not brave enough to stand and fight against the Israelites.

Deuteronomy 11:25

No one will be able to stand against you. The Lord your God will make the people fear you wherever you go in that land. That is what he promised you before.

Exodus 34:24

“When you go into your land, I will force your enemies out of that land. I will expand your borders—you will get more and more land. You will go before the Lord your God three times each year. At that time no one will try to take your land from you.

2 Chronicles 14:14

Asa and his army defeated all the towns near Gerar. The people living in those towns were afraid of the Lord. Those towns had very many valuable things. Asa’s army took those valuable things away from those towns.

1 Samuel 14:15

Great fear spread among the Philistine soldiers—those in the field, in the camp, and at the fort. Even the bravest soldiers were afraid. The ground began to shake, and they were completely overcome with fear.

1 Samuel 11:7

He took a pair of oxen and cut them in pieces. Then he gave the pieces of the oxen to messengers. He ordered the messengers to carry the pieces throughout the land of Israel. He told them to give this message to the Israelites: “Come follow Saul and Samuel. If anyone doesn’t come and help them, this same thing will happen to his oxen.” A great fear from the Lord came on the people. They all came together like one person.

Genesis 34:30

But Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have caused me a lot of trouble. All the people in this place will hate me. All the Canaanites and the Perizzites will turn against me. There are only a few of us. If the people in this place gather together to fight against us, I will be destroyed. And all our people will be destroyed with me.”

Genesis 35:4

So the people gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had, and they gave him all the rings they were wearing in their ears. He buried everything under an oak tree near the town called Shechem.

Deuteronomy 2:25

Today I will make all people everywhere afraid of you. They will hear the news about you, and they will be afraid and shake with fear.’

Psalm 105:14

But the Lord did not let anyone mistreat them. He warned kings not to harm them.

2 Chronicles 14:13

Asa’s army chased the Ethiopian army all the way to the town of Gerar. So many Ethiopians were killed that they could not get together as an army to fight again. They were crushed by the Lord and his army. Asa and his army carried many valuable things away from the enemy.