Should we fear God?

Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God.

That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

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

And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.

And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

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

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.

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

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

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

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.

For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

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

Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

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.

And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

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.

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:

Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.

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;

For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.

For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.

And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts. My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.

He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

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.

Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.

Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:

If ye will fear the Lord, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the Lord your God:

But the Lord your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.

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

It shall go well with him that feareth the Lord, and in the days of his end he shall be blessed.

The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

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

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 fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

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

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

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and was created with the faithful in the womb, it walketh with chosen women, and is known with the just and faithful.

The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

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

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

He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;

And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.

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

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

A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.

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

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.