100 Bible Verses About Fear of the Lord

And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

He that feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:

So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.

And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Moses.

The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.

Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.

Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always.

To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee.

If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:

And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.

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 they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the Lord God of Israel?

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

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

The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

For the Lord hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the Lord: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the Lord.

He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small and great.

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.

Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea.

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?

Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.

And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.

And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David’s enemy continually.

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts, which he hath determined against it.

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.

Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.

And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.

And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and said, How shall the ark of the Lord come to me?

O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.

And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.

Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.

The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.

And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly:

And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth.

They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.

The burden of Egypt. Behold, the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.

Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:

And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

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.

Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

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

And the thing which he did displeased the Lord: wherefore he slew him also.

And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.

And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:

And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.

Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.

And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the Lord our God.

And the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord’s house.

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.

And Moses said, Thus saith the Lord, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:

Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.

And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.

And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.

And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians.

The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them.

And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,

Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.

For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.

Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.

And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the Lord, and when he cometh out, that he die not.