85 Bible Verses About Awe of God

And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?

He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.

Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?

The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.

I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.

The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;

God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.

Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

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.

The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;

And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire.

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.

And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:

For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.

Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.

Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:

At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire.

Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.

The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.

And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord; for that he heareth your murmurings against the Lord: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?

Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the Lord, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever.

Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.

Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.

Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.

Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.

Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?

And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the Lord shall appear unto you.

And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the Lord.

And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.

Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.

As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!

Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth.

Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:

And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.

These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes.

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.

And the men of Beth–shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.

Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the Lord God.

Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul.

And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.

The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,

Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.