100 Bible Verses about Fear Of God

Matthew 10:28 ESV / 161 helpful votes

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 155 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

1 John 4:18 ESV / 152 helpful votes

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

Psalm 27:1 ESV / 150 helpful votes

Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Proverbs 1:7 ESV / 147 helpful votes

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

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 146 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Proverbs 8:13 ESV / 139 helpful votes

The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.

Psalm 23:4 ESV / 125 helpful votes

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV / 120 helpful votes

Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”

Proverbs 9:10 ESV / 117 helpful votes

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 117 helpful votes

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Psalm 56:3 ESV / 110 helpful votes

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

Psalm 111:10 ESV / 109 helpful votes

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

Isaiah 41:13 ESV / 108 helpful votes

For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I am the one who helps you.”

Psalm 34:4 ESV / 108 helpful votes

I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 105 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:15 ESV / 105 helpful votes

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Proverbs 19:23 ESV / 97 helpful votes

The fear of the Lord leads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied; he will not be visited by harm.

Psalm 118:6 ESV / 91 helpful votes

The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?

Job 28:28 ESV / 91 helpful votes

And he said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

Proverbs 29:25 ESV / 89 helpful votes

The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.

Philippians 2:12-13 ESV / 88 helpful votes

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

Psalm 103:13 ESV / 87 helpful votes

As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.

Hebrews 13:6 ESV / 86 helpful votes

So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

Luke 1:50 ESV / 86 helpful votes

And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.

John 14:27 ESV / 84 helpful votes

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

Psalm 25:14 ESV / 84 helpful votes

The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.

Psalm 56:4 ESV / 82 helpful votes

In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

Psalm 112:1 ESV / 81 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments!

1 Peter 3:14 ESV / 80 helpful votes

But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled,

1 Peter 2:17 ESV / 79 helpful votes

Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.

Psalm 56:3-4 ESV / 79 helpful votes

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

Isaiah 43:1 ESV / 78 helpful votes

But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.

2 Corinthians 7:1 ESV / 76 helpful votes

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

Isaiah 35:4 ESV / 76 helpful votes

Say to those who have an anxious heart, “Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.”

Ecclesiastes 12:13 ESV / 76 helpful votes

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

Proverbs 14:27 ESV / 75 helpful votes

The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death.

Psalm 115:11 ESV / 74 helpful votes

You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.

Romans 8:38-39 ESV / 73 helpful votes

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Deuteronomy 31:8 ESV / 72 helpful votes

It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 71 helpful votes

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

1 Peter 5:6-7 ESV / 71 helpful votes

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Matthew 6:34 ESV / 70 helpful votes

“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Psalm 94:19 ESV / 69 helpful votes

When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.

Psalm 31:19 ESV / 69 helpful votes

Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind!

1 Peter 1:17 ESV / 68 helpful votes

And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile,

Acts 9:31 ESV / 68 helpful votes

So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.

Revelation 1:17 ESV / 66 helpful votes

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last,

Luke 12:32 ESV / 64 helpful votes

“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Luke 12:4-5 ESV / 64 helpful votes

“I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!

Psalm 34:9 ESV / 64 helpful votes

Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack!

Psalm 19:9 ESV / 63 helpful votes

The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.

1 Corinthians 16:13 ESV / 62 helpful votes

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

Deuteronomy 10:12 ESV / 61 helpful votes

“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

Psalm 33:8 ESV / 60 helpful votes

Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!

Proverbs 3:7 ESV / 59 helpful votes

Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.

Psalm 86:11 ESV / 59 helpful votes

Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.

John 14:1 ESV / 58 helpful votes

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

Exodus 20:20 ESV / 58 helpful votes

Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin.”

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 57 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Genesis 22:12 ESV / 57 helpful votes

He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”

Luke 1:30-31 ESV / 56 helpful votes

And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.

Matthew 10:29-31 ESV / 56 helpful votes

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

Proverbs 10:27 ESV / 55 helpful votes

The fear of the Lord prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be short.

Psalm 27:3 ESV / 55 helpful votes

Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident.

Hebrews 13:5-6 ESV / 54 helpful votes

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

Proverbs 22:4 ESV / 54 helpful votes

The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.

Proverbs 14:26 ESV / 52 helpful votes

In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and his children will have a refuge.

Isaiah 54:4 ESV / 50 helpful votes

“Fear not, for you will not be ashamed; be not confounded, for you will not be disgraced; for you will forget the shame of your youth, and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.

Proverbs 16:6 ESV / 50 helpful votes

By steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the Lord one turns away from evil.

Philippians 4:7 ESV / 48 helpful votes

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 48 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Deuteronomy 3:22 ESV / 48 helpful votes

You shall not fear them, for it is the Lord your God who fights for you.’

Deuteronomy 5:29 ESV / 47 helpful votes

Oh that they had such a heart as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their descendants forever!

Psalm 34:11 ESV / 45 helpful votes

Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 28:20 ESV / 45 helpful votes

Then David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the Lord God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord is finished.

2 Corinthians 5:11 ESV / 43 helpful votes

Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience.

Isaiah 33:6 ESV / 43 helpful votes

And he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is Zion's treasure.

Psalm 2:11 ESV / 43 helpful votes

Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

2 Chronicles 17:10 ESV / 43 helpful votes

And the fear of the Lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, and they made no war against Jehoshaphat.

Hebrews 11:7 ESV / 41 helpful votes

By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Isaiah 51:12 ESV / 41 helpful votes

“I, I am he who comforts you; who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, of the son of man who is made like grass,

Revelation 14:7 ESV / 40 helpful votes

And he said with a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.”

Hebrews 10:26-31 ESV / 38 helpful votes

For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace? For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.” ...

Mark 6:49-50 ESV / 38 helpful votes

But when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost, and cried out, for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.”

Psalm 46:1 ESV / 38 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Proverbs 12:25 ESV / 36 helpful votes

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

Psalm 34:7 ESV / 36 helpful votes

The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.

Proverbs 23:17 ESV / 35 helpful votes

Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day.

1 Samuel 12:14 ESV / 35 helpful votes

If you will fear the Lord and serve him and obey his voice and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, and if both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the Lord your God, it will be well.

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 33 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Psalm 103:17 ESV / 33 helpful votes

But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children,

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 32 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Joshua 4:24 ESV / 32 helpful votes

So that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is mighty, that you may fear the Lord your God forever.”

Proverbs 2:5 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.

1 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 28 helpful votes

Desiring to be teachers of the law, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions.

Romans 11:19-22 ESV / 28 helpful votes

Then you will say, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear. For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.

Luke 12:6-7 ESV / 28 helpful votes

Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.

Luke 8:50 ESV / 28 helpful votes

But Jesus on hearing this answered him, “Do not fear; only believe, and she will be well.”

Luke 2:1-10:42 ESV / 28 helpful votes

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. ...

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