100 Bible Verses About Reverence for God

Bible verses about Reverence for God

To stand before the sacred truth of God, revealed in Holy Scripture, demands a posture of soul beyond simple respect. Reverence is the profound, intellectual, and spiritual awe that flows from knowing the infinite source of all being. These verses offer glimpses into His ineffable glory, teaching us the holy fear which is the beginning of wisdom and the vital key to a life ordered rightly before His face. Pondering these words illuminates the essential nature of devotion and guides our steps toward authentic spiritual discipline.

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Joshua 4:24 (KJV)

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.

Sacred Study: Verses on Reverencing God

And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

Exodus 3:5KJV

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Exodus 20:7KJV

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

Isaiah 24:15KJV

Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:30KJV

They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.

Leviticus 21:6KJV

Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

Psalms 63:4KJV

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

Ecclesiastes 5:1KJV

Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

Psalms 76:11KJV

The Lord is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.

Psalms 99:2KJV

And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the Lord;

Leviticus 22:15KJV

Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

Psalms 33:18KJV

Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the Lord which hallow you,

Leviticus 22:32KJV

Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

Deuteronomy 4:10KJV

Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.

Psalms 65:1KJV

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Deuteronomy 5:11KJV

O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.

Psalms 34:3KJV

With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King.

Psalms 98:6KJV

My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

Psalms 145:21KJV

I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.

Proverbs 7:14KJV

For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?

Deuteronomy 5:26KJV

Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

Deuteronomy 8:6KJV

That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the Lord.

Psalms 105:45KJV

Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

2 Chronicles 6:33KJV

Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.

Psalms 148:5KJV

Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.

Deuteronomy 10:20KJV

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;

Deuteronomy 28:58KJV

For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.

Psalms 47:7KJV

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.

Joshua 4:24KJV

Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

Psalms 106:12KJV

Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord.

1 Samuel 2:17KJV

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

Psalms 96:9KJV

To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord.

Psalms 149:9KJV

Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.

1 Samuel 12:24KJV

He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.

Psalms 111:9KJV

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

2 Samuel 6:9KJV

But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the Lord.

Psalms 115:18KJV

And when they came to Nachon’s threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.

2 Samuel 6:6KJV

And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.

Isaiah 66:23KJV

That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

1 Kings 8:40KJV

Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

Job 13:11KJV

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

Isaiah 8:13KJV

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

Job 31:28KJV

Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

Psalms 96:6KJV

O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

Psalms 51:15KJV

In the courts of the Lord’s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.

Psalms 116:19KJV

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

Job 37:5KJV

Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.

Job 37:24KJV

Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?

Job 41:13KJV

If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

Isaiah 58:13KJV

They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.

Psalms 72:5KJV

And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the Lord.

Genesis 24:26KJV

Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord, which by night stand in the house of the Lord.

Psalms 134:1KJV

And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:

Genesis 18:27KJV

And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the Lord, bowing himself to the earth.

Genesis 24:52KJV

At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.

Psalms 119:62KJV

And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord:

Genesis 19:27KJV

Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.

Psalms 99:3KJV

The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.

Genesis 31:53KJV

How he sware unto the Lord, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;

Psalms 132:2KJV

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

Psalms 145:6KJV

All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee.

Psalms 145:10KJV

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

Genesis 42:18KJV

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Psalms 138:2KJV

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

Psalms 147:11KJV

And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:

Genesis 44:7KJV

Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God.

Jeremiah 5:4KJV

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

Exodus 20:19KJV

We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.

Psalms 132:7KJV

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

Exodus 19:22KJV

Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord.

2 Chronicles 7:4KJV

Let them now that fear the Lord say, that his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalms 118:4KJV

Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.

Exodus 20:26KJV

Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

Exodus 15:11KJV

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

Leviticus 25:43KJV

At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 17:7KJV

And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the Lord: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.

2 Chronicles 20:26KJV

And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

Exodus 25:14KJV

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

Psalms 99:5KJV

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

Proverbs 20:2KJV

Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

Psalms 112:1KJV

And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.

Exodus 34:8KJV

While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

Psalms 146:2KJV

When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the Lord:

Exodus 30:20KJV

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.

Psalms 134:2KJV

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

Psalms 103:13KJV

And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

Exodus 29:41KJV

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.

Exodus 28:35KJV

Bless the Lord, O house of Israel: bless the Lord, O house of Aaron:

Psalms 135:19KJV

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.

Jeremiah 10:7KJV

And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord.

Leviticus 9:5KJV

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

Psalms 86:11KJV

For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.

Psalms 61:5KJV

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:3KJV

Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

Isaiah 66:1KJV

Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:14KJV

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

Psalms 100:4KJV

Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.

Psalms 85:9KJV

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:32KJV

And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 18:21KJV

Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 26:2KJV

These sacred utterances reveal not a servile fear, but a profound awe, a holy humility before the Infinite. Reverence for God, the spring of all true wisdom, is more than fleeting sentiment; it is a persistent orientation of the soul, acknowledging His supreme reality and our dependent, beloved existence. This deep respect inspires a life lived in conscious awareness of His presence, prompting obedience not out of burden, but out of joyous recognition of His perfect goodness and sovereign power. As we contemplate these divine words, let reverence become the quiet strength that anchors our faith, purifies our actions, and directs our gaze toward the Creator of all, in whom alone our souls find their rightful place. This sacred awe illuminates the path to life’s highest purpose.