Meaning
Fear of God Reverence
Gen 35:5; Exo 18:21; Exo 20:20; Lev 22:32; Deu 4:10; Deu 5:29; Deu 6:2; Deu 10:12; Deu 10:21; Deu 6:13; Deu 13:4; Deu 14:23; Deu 28:49; Deu 28:58; Jos 4:24; Jos 24:14; 1Sa 2:30; 1Sa 12:14; 1Sa 12:24; 2Sa 23:3; 1Ki 8:40; 2Ki 17:36; 2Ki 17:39; 2Ki 17:28; 1Ch 16:30; 2Ch 19:7; 2Ch 19:9; Ezr 10:3; Neh 5:9; Job 28:28; Job 37:24; Psa 2:11; Psa 4:4; Psa 15:4; Psa 19:9; Psa 22:23; Psa 22:25; Psa 25:14; Psa 31:19; Psa 33:8; Psa 33:18; Psa 34:7; Psa 34:9; Psa 34:11; Psa 46:10; Psa 52:6; Psa 60:4; Psa 64:9; Psa 67:7; Psa 72:5; Psa 76:7; Psa 76:11; Psa 85:9; Psa 86:11; Psa 89:7; Psa 90:11; Psa 96:4; Psa 96:9; Psa 99:1; Psa 102:15; Psa 103:11; Psa 103:13; Psa 103:17; Psa 111:5; Psa 111:10; Psa 112:1; Psa 115:11; Psa 115:13; Psa 118:4; Psa 119:63; Psa 119:74; Psa 119:79; Psa 66:16; Psa 128:1; Psa 128:4; Psa 130:4; Psa 135:20; Psa 145:19; Psa 147:11; Pro 1:7; Pro 9:10; Pro 2:5; Pro 3:7; Pro 8:13; Pro 10:27; Pro 13:13; Pro 14:2; Pro 14:16; Pro 14:27; Pro 15:16; Pro 15:33; Pro 16:6; Pro 19:23; Pro 22:4; Pro 23:17; Pro 24:21; Pro 28:14; Pro 31:30; Ecc 3:14; Ecc 7:18; Ecc 8:12; Ecc 12:13; Ecc 5:7; 1Pe 2:17; Isa 2:10; Isa 2:21; Isa 8:13; Isa 25:3; Isa 29:13; Isa 29:23; Isa 33:6; Isa 33:13; Isa 50:10; Isa 59:19; Isa 60:5; Jer 5:22; Jer 10:7; Jer 32:40; Jer 33:9; Hos 3:5; Mic 7:17; Zep 1:7; Zep 3:7; Zec 2:13; Mal 1:6; Mal 3:16; Mal 4:2; Mat 10:28; Luk 1:50; Luk 12:5; Luk 23:40; Act 10:35; Act 13:16; Act 13:26; Rom 11:20; 2Co 7:1; Eph 5:21; Eph 6:5; 1Pe 2:18; Phi 2:12; Col 3:22; Heb 5:5; Heb 5:7; Heb 12:29; Jas 2:19; 1Pe 1:17; 1Pe 3:2; 1Pe 3:15; 1Jn 4:18; Rev 11:18; Rev 14:7; Rev 19:5
Conspicuous instances of those who feared:
- Noah, in preparing the ark
Heb 11:7
- Abraham, tested in the offering of his son Isaac
Gen 22:12
- Jacob, in the vision of the ladder, and the covenant of God
Gen 28:17; Gen 42:18
- The midwives of Egypt, in refusing to take the lives of the Hebrew children
Exo 1:17; Exo 1:21
- The Egyptians, at the time of the plague of thunder and hail and fire
Exo 9:20
- The nine and one-half tribes of Israel west of Jordan
Jos 22:20
- Phinehas, in turning away the anger of God at the time of the plague
Num 25:15
- Obadiah, in sheltering one hundred prophets against the wrath of Jezebel
1Ki 18:4
- Jehoshaphat, in proclaiming a feast, when the land was about to be invaded by the armies of the Ammonites and Moabites
2Ch 20:3
- Nehemiah, in his reform of the public administration
Neh 5:15
- Hanani, which qualified him to be ruler over Jerusalem
Neh 7:2
- Job, according to the testimony of Satan
Job 1:8
- David
Psa 5:7; Psa 119:38
- Hezekiah, in his treatment of the prophet Micah, who prophesied evil against Jerusalem
Jer 26:19
- Jonah, in the tempest
Jon 1:9
- The Jews, in obeying the voice of the Lord
Hag 1:12
- Levi, in receiving the covenant of life and peace
Hag 1:5
- The women at the sepulcher
Mat 28:8
- Cornelius, who feared God with all his house
Act 10:2
Conviction, Of Sin; Faith
Cultivated
Exo 3:5; Exo 19:13; Heb 12:24
Guilty
- General references
Job 15:25; Job 18:11; Pro 1:27; Pro 10:24; Dan 5:6; Jas 2:19
- Instances of guilty fear:
b Adam and Eve
Gen 3:13
b the guards at Jesus' tomb
Mat 28:4
b Judas
Mat 27:5
b Devils
Jas 2:19
Conviction, Of Sin
A motive of obedience
- General references
Lev 19:14; Lev 19:32; Lev 25:17; Lev 25:36; Lev 25:43; Num 32:15; Deu 6:15; Deu 7:4; Deu 8:6; Deu 10:13; Deu 10:20; Deu 13:4; Deu 13:11; Deu 14:23; Deu 15:9; Deu 17:13; Deu 19:20; Deu 21:21; Deu 28:68; Deu 31:13; Jos 23:16; 1Sa 12:25; 1Sa 12:15; Job 13:21; Job 31:4; Job 31:15; Job 31:23; Pro 16:6; Isa 1:20; Jer 4:4; Jer 22:5; Mat 10:28; Luk 12:5; 2Co 5:11; 2Ti 4:2; 2Pe 3:12; Rev 14:10
Punishment, Design of, To Secure Obedience; Reward, A Motive to Faithfulness
