Fear of God Reverence
Genesis 35:5; Exodus 18:21; Exodus 20:20; Leviticus 22:32; Deuteronomy 4:10; Deuteronomy 5:29; Deuteronomy 6:2; Deuteronomy 10:12; Deuteronomy 10:21; Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 13:4; Deuteronomy 14:23; Deuteronomy 28:49; Deuteronomy 28:58; Joshua 4:24; Joshua 24:14; 1 Samuel 2:30; 1 Samuel 12:14; 1 Samuel 12:24; 2 Samuel 23:3; 1 Kings 8:40; 2 Kings 17:36; 2 Kings 17:39; 2 Kings 17:28; 1 Chronicles 16:30; 2 Chronicles 19:7; 2 Chronicles 19:9; 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; Psalms 22:25; Psalms 25:14; Psalms 31:19; Psalms 33:8; Psalms 33:18; Psalms 34:7; Psalms 34:9; Psalms 34:11; Psalms 46:10; Psalms 52:6; Psalms 60:4; Psalms 64:9; Psalms 67:7; Psalms 72:5; Psalms 76:7; Psalms 76:11; Psalms 85:9; Psalms 86:11; Psalms 89:7; Psalms 90:11; Psalms 96:4; Psalms 96:9; Psalms 99:1; Psalms 102:15; Psalms 103:11; Psalms 103:13; Psalms 103:17; Psalms 111:5; Psalms 111:10; Psalms 112:1; Psalms 115:11; Psalms 115:13; Psalms 118:4; Psalms 119:63; Psalms 119:74; Psalms 119:79; Psalms 66:16; Psalms 128:1; Psalms 128:4; Psalms 130:4; Psalms 135:20; Psalms 145:19; Psalms 147:11; Proverbs 1:7; Proverbs 9:10; Proverbs 2:5; Proverbs 3:7; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 10:27; Proverbs 13:13; Proverbs 14:2; Proverbs 14:16; Proverbs 14:27; Proverbs 15:16; Proverbs 15:33; 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 7:18; Ecclesiastes 8:12; Ecclesiastes 12:13; Ecclesiastes 5:7; 1 Peter 2:17; Isaiah 2:10; Isaiah 2:21; Isaiah 8:13; Isaiah 25:3; Isaiah 29:13; Isaiah 29:23; Isaiah 33:6; Isaiah 33:13; Isaiah 50:10; Isaiah 59:19; Isaiah 60:5; Jeremiah 5:22; Jeremiah 10:7; Jeremiah 32:40; Jeremiah 33:9; Hosea 3:5; Micah 7:17; 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; Acts 13:26; Romans 11:20; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Ephesians 5:21; Ephesians 6:5; 1 Peter 2:18; Philippians 2:12; Colossians 3:22; Hebrews 5:5; Hebrews 5:7; Hebrews 12:29; James 2:19; 1 Peter 1:17; 1 Peter 3:2; 1 Peter 3:15; 1 John 4:18; Revelation 11:18; Revelation 14:7; Revelation 19:5
Conspicuous instances of those who feared:
- Noah, in preparing the ark
Hebrews 11:7
- Abraham, tested in the offering of his son Isaac
Genesis 22:12
- Jacob, in the vision of the ladder, and the covenant of God
Genesis 28:17; Genesis 42:18
- The midwives of Egypt, in refusing to take the lives of the Hebrew children
Exodus 1:17; Exodus 1:21
- The Egyptians, at the time of the plague of thunder and hail and fire
Exodus 9:20
- The nine and one-half tribes of Israel west of Jordan
Joshua 22:20
- Phinehas, in turning away the anger of God at the time of the plague
Numbers 25:15
- Obadiah, in sheltering one hundred prophets against the wrath of Jezebel
1 Kings 18:4
- Jehoshaphat, in proclaiming a feast, when the land was about to be invaded by the armies of the Ammonites and Moabites
2 Chronicles 20:3
- Nehemiah, in his reform of the public administration
Nehemiah 5:15
- Hanani, which qualified him to be ruler over Jerusalem
Nehemiah 7:2
- Job, according to the testimony of Satan
Job 1:8
- David
Psalms 5:7; Psalms 119:38
- Hezekiah, in his treatment of the prophet Micah, who prophesied evil against Jerusalem
Jeremiah 26:19
- Jonah, in the tempest
Jonah 1:9
- The Jews, in obeying the voice of the Lord
Haggai 1:12
- Levi, in receiving the covenant of life and peace
Haggai 1:5
- The women at the sepulcher
Matthew 28:8
- Cornelius, who feared God with all his house
Acts 10:2
Conviction, Of Sin; Faith
Cultivated
Exodus 3:5; Exodus 19:13; Hebrews 12:24
Guilty
- General references
Job 15:25; Job 18:11; Proverbs 1:27; Proverbs 10:24; Daniel 5:6; James 2:19
- Instances of guilty fear:
b Adam and Eve
Genesis 3:13
b the guards at Jesus' tomb
Matthew 28:4
b Judas
Matthew 27:5
b Devils
James 2:19
Conviction, Of Sin
A motive of obedience
- General references
Leviticus 19:14; Leviticus 19:32; Leviticus 25:17; Leviticus 25:36; Leviticus 25:43; Numbers 32:15; Deuteronomy 6:15; Deuteronomy 7:4; Deuteronomy 8:6; Deuteronomy 10:13; Deuteronomy 10:20; Deuteronomy 13:4; Deuteronomy 13:11; Deuteronomy 14:23; Deuteronomy 15:9; Deuteronomy 17:13; Deuteronomy 19:20; Deuteronomy 21:21; Deuteronomy 28:68; Deuteronomy 31:13; Joshua 23:16; 1 Samuel 12:25; 1 Samuel 12:15; Job 13:21; Job 31:4; Job 31:15; Job 31:23; Proverbs 16:6; Isaiah 1:20; Jeremiah 4:4; Jeremiah 22:5; Matthew 10:28; Luke 12:5; 2 Corinthians 5:11; 2 Timothy 4:2; 2 Peter 3:12; Revelation 14:10
Punishment, Design of, To Secure Obedience; Reward, A Motive to Faithfulness