Fear

-See COWARDICE -Also see [1653]FEAR OF GOD, below -REVERENCE GEN 35:5; EXO 18:21; 20:18-20; LEV 22:32; DEU 4:10; 5:29; 6:2,13; 10:12,20,21; 13:4; 14:23; 28:49,58; JOS 4:24; 24:14; 1SA 2:30; 12:14,24; 2SA 23:3; 1KI 8:40; 2KI 17:28,36,39; 1CH 16:30; 2CH 19:7,9; EZR 10:3; NEH 5:9; JOB 28:28; 37:24; PSA 2:11; 4:4; 15:4; 19:9; 22:23,25; 25:12-14; 31:19; 33:8,18; 34:7,9; 46:10; 52:6; 60:4; 64:9; 66:16; 67:7; 72:5; 76:7; 85:9; 86:11; 89:7; 90:11; 96:4,9; 99:1; 102:15; 103:11,17; 111:5,10; 112:1; 115:11,13; 118:4; 119:63,74,79; 128:1,4; 130:4; 135:20; 145:19; 147:11; PRO 1:7; 2:5; 3:7; 8:13; 9:10; 10:27; 13:13; 14:2,16,26,27; 15:16,33; 16:6; 19:23; 22:4; 23:17; 24:21; 28:14; 31:30; ECC 3:14; 5:7; 7:18; 8:12; 12:13; ISA 2:10,19-21; 8:13; 25:3; 29:13,23; 33:6,13; 50:10; 59:19; 60:5; JER 5:22; 10:7; 32:39,40; 33:9; ISA 3:5; MIC 7:16,17; ZEP 1:7; 3:7; ZEC 2:13; MAL 1:6; 3:16; 4:2; MAT 10:28; LUK 1:50; 12:5; 23:40; ACT 10:35; 13:16,26; ROM 11:20; 2CO 7:1; EPH 5:21; 6:5; PHP 2:12; COL 3:22; HEB 5:5,7; 12:28,29; JAS 2:19; 1PE 1:17; 2:17,18; 3:2,15; 1JN 4:16-18; REV 11:18; 14:7; 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 28:16,17; 42:18 -The midwives of Egypt, in refusing to take the lives of the Hebrew children EXO 1:17,21 -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 the Jordan River JOS 22:15-20 -Phinehas, in turning away the anger of God at the time of the plague NUM 25:11; with 25:6-15 -Obadiah, in sheltering one-hundred prophets against the wrath of Jezebel 1KI 18:3,4 -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; 119:38 -Hezekiah, in his treatment of the prophet Micah, who prophesied harm against Jerusalem JER 26:19 -Jonah, during the storm 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 grave MAT 28:8 -Cornelius, who revered God with all his house ACT 10:2 -See CONVICTION OF SIN -See FAITH -CULTIVATED EXO 3:5; 19:12,13; HEB 12:18-24 -GUILTY JOB 5:20-25; 18:11; PRO 1:24-27; 10:24; DAN 5:6; JAS 2:19 -INSTANCES OF GUILTY FEAR -Adam and Eve GEN 3:8-13 -The guards at Jesus' tomb MAT 28:4 -Judas MAT 27:3-5 -Demons JAS 2:19 -See CONVICTION, OF SIN -A MOTIVE OF OBEDIENCE LEV 19:14,32; 25:17,36,43; NUM 32:15; DEU 6:13-15; 7:4; 8:5,6; 10:12,13,20; 13:4,6-11; 14:23; 15:9; 17:11-13; 19:16-20; 21:18-21; 28:14-68; 31:11-13; JOS 23:11-16; 1SA 12:14,15,24,25; JOB 13:21; 31:1-4,13-15,23; PRO 16:6; ISA 1:20; JER 4:4; 22:5; MAT 10:28; LUK 12:4,5; 2CO 5:10,11; 2TI 4:1,2; 2PE 3:10-12; REV 14:9,10 -See PUNISHMENT, DESIGN OF, TO SECURE OBEDIENCE -See REWARD, A MOTIVE FOR FAITHFULNESS