Afraid Of God

• Gates

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.

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.

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is god's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD thy god did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;

The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy god brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy god do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.

When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy god is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy god, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy god is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

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.

• Ark

And David was afraid of god that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of god home to me?

• Conviction

But David could not go before it to inquire of god: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but god's.

Therefore thus saith the Lord god of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your god!

• Idolatry

Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our god, and shall fear because of thee.

But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of god in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:

For he is the minister of god to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of god, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.