Genesis 35:5

New Century Version

Then Jacob and his sons left there. But God caused the people in the nearby cities to be afraid, so they did not follow them.

Cross References

Genesis 34:30

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have caused me a lot of trouble. Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites who live in the land will hate me. Since there are only a few of us, if they join together to attack us, my people and I will be destroyed.”

Genesis 35:4

So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had, and the earrings they were wearing, and he hid them under the great tree near the town of Shechem.

2 Chronicles 14:13

Asa’s army chased them as far as the town of Gerar. So many Cushites were killed that the army could not fight again; they were crushed by the Lord and his army. Asa and his army carried many valuable things away from the enemy.

2 Chronicles 14:14

They destroyed all the towns near Gerar, because the people living in these towns were afraid of the Lord. Since these towns had many valuable things, Asa’s army took them away.

2 Chronicles 17:10

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

Psalm 105:14

But the Lord did not let anyone hurt them; he warned kings not to harm them.

Psalm 14:5

But the wicked are filled with terror, because God is with those who do what is right.

Exodus 23:27

“I will make your enemies afraid of me. I will confuse any people you fight against, and I will make all your enemies run away from you.

Exodus 34:24

I will force out nations ahead of you and expand the borders of your land. You will go before the Lord your God three times each year, and at that time no one will try to take your land from you.

Deuteronomy 11:25

No one will be able to stop you. The Lord your God will do what he promised and will make the people afraid everywhere you go.

Deuteronomy 2:25

Today I will begin to make all the people in the world afraid of you. When they hear reports about you, they will shake with fear, and they will be terrified of you.”

Joshua 5:1

All the kings of the Amorites west of the Jordan and the Canaanite kings living by the Mediterranean Sea heard that the Lord dried up the Jordan River until the Israelites had crossed it. After that they were scared and too afraid to face the Israelites.

1 Samuel 11:7

So he took a pair of oxen and cut them into pieces. Then he gave the pieces of the oxen to messengers and ordered them to carry them through all the land of Israel. The messengers said, “This is what will happen to the oxen of anyone who does not follow Saul and Samuel.” So the people became very afraid of the Lord. They all came together as if they were one person.

1 Samuel 14:15

All the Philistine soldiers panicked—those in the camp and those in the raiding party. The ground itself shook! God had caused the panic.