Cowardice General references
Leviticus 26:37; Deuteronomy 20:8; Deuteronomy 32:30; Joshua 7:5; Joshua 23:10; Judges 7:3; Job 15:24; Job 18:11; Proverbs 28:1; Proverbs 29:25; Isaiah 51:13; Galatians 6:12; 2 Timothy 4:16
Courage
Instances of:
- Adam, in attempting to shift responsibility for his sin upon Eve
Genesis 3:12
- Abraham, in calling his wife his sister
Genesis 12:19; Genesis 20:12
- Isaac, in calling his wife his sister
Genesis 26:9
- Jacob, in fleeing from Laban
Genesis 31:31
- Aaron, in yielding to the Israelites, when they demanded an idol
Exodus 32:24
- The ten spies
Numbers 13:28; Numbers 13:33
- Israelites:
b in fearing to attempt the conquest of Canaan
Numbers 14:5; Deuteronomy 1:28
b in the battle with the people of Ai
Joshua 7:5
b Fearing to meet Goliath
1 Samuel 17:24
b Fearing to fight with the Philistines
1 Samuel 13:7
- Twenty thousand of Gideon's army
Judges 7:3
- Ephraimites
Psalms 78:9
- Ephraimites and Manassehites
Joshua 17:18
- Amoritish kings
Joshua 10:16
- Canaanites
Joshua 2:11; Joshua 5:1
- Samuel, fearing to obey God's command to anoint a king in Saul's stead
1 Samuel 16:2
- David, in fleeing from Absalom
2 Samuel 15:17
- Nicodemus, in coming to Jesus by night
John 3:2
- Joseph of Arimathaea, secretly a disciple
John 19:38
- Parents of the blind man, who was restored to sight
John 9:22
- Early converts among the rulers
John 12:43
- Disciples:
b in the storm at sea
Matthew 8:26; Mark 4:38; Luke 8:25
b When they saw Jesus walking on the sea
Matthew 14:25; Mark 6:50; John 6:19
b When Jesus was apprehended
Matthew 26:56
- Peter, in denying the Lord
Matthew 26:74; Mark 14:72; Luke 22:60; John 18:17; John 18:25; John 18:27
- Pilate, in condemning Jesus, through fear of the people
John 19:16
- Guards of the sepulcher of Jesus
Matthew 28:4
- The Philippian jailer
Acts 16:27
- Peter and other Christians, at Antioch
Galatians 2:14