Meaning
Cowardice General references
Lev 26:37; Deu 20:8; Deu 32:30; Jos 7:5; Jos 23:10; Jdg 7:3; Job 15:24; Job 18:11; Pro 28:1; Pro 29:25; Isa 51:13; Gal 6:12; 2Ti 4:16
Courage
Instances of:
- Adam, in attempting to shift responsibility for his sin upon Eve
Gen 3:12
- Abraham, in calling his wife his sister
Gen 12:19; Gen 20:12
- Isaac, in calling his wife his sister
Gen 26:9
- Jacob, in fleeing from Laban
Gen 31:31
- Aaron, in yielding to the Israelites, when they demanded an idol
Exo 32:24
- The ten spies
Num 13:28; Num 13:33
- Israelites:
b in fearing to attempt the conquest of Canaan
Num 14:5; Deu 1:28
b in the battle with the people of Ai
Jos 7:5
b Fearing to meet Goliath
1Sa 17:24
b Fearing to fight with the Philistines
1Sa 13:7
- Twenty thousand of Gideon's army
Jdg 7:3
- Ephraimites
Psa 78:9
- Ephraimites and Manassehites
Jos 17:18
- Amoritish kings
Jos 10:16
- Canaanites
Jos 2:11; Jos 5:1
- Samuel, fearing to obey God's command to anoint a king in Saul's stead
1Sa 16:2
- David, in fleeing from Absalom
2Sa 15:17
- Nicodemus, in coming to Jesus by night
Joh 3:2
- Joseph of Arimathaea, secretly a disciple
Joh 19:38
- Parents of the blind man, who was restored to sight
Joh 9:22
- Early converts among the rulers
Joh 12:43
- Disciples:
b in the storm at sea
Mat 8:26; Mar 4:38; Luk 8:25
b When they saw Jesus walking on the sea
Mat 14:25; Mar 6:50; Joh 6:19
b When Jesus was apprehended
Mat 26:56
- Peter, in denying the Lord
Mat 26:74; Mar 14:72; Luk 22:60; Joh 18:17; Joh 18:25; Joh 18:27
- Pilate, in condemning Jesus, through fear of the people
Joh 19:16
- Guards of the sepulcher of Jesus
Mat 28:4
- The Philippian jailer
Act 16:27
- Peter and other Christians, at Antioch
Gal 2:14
