Bible Verses About Terror
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Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
Scripture Passages
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord God.
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
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.
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
For thus saith the Lord; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
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.
So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
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:
And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.
But and if ye suffer for righteousnessโ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my nameโs sake.
Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the Lordโs anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.
Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them.
But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord God.
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of menโs blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.
And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
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