Bible Verses About Dread
This collection includes 50 passages about Dread. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.
This collection is a starting point, not a count of every relevant passage in the Bible.
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Scripture Passages
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
For thus saith the Lord; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
Menβs hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
Behold, O Lord; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.
And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
Automated topic matches. Check each passage in context. About
This collection includes 50 passages about Dread. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.
Read chapter
Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I start reading about dread?
This collection includes 50 passages about Dread. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context. Read the surrounding chapter to understand the speaker, audience, and setting before drawing a conclusion.
Does this collection include every relevant passage?
No. This page contains 50 passages as a starting point. A short topic collection is not a complete account of the subject.
Which Bible version is quoted?
The version is shown on each verse card and included when you copy the quotation. Commentary is separate from the Bible text.