The Fear of the Lord

Exodus 20:20
- “And Moses said to the people, Fear not: for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before your faces, so that you do not sin.”
Psalms 25:14
- “The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant.”
Psalms 31:19
- “Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for them that fear you; which you have done for them that trust in you before the sons of men!”
Psalms 33:18
- “Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;”
Psalms 34:7
- “The angel of the LORD encamps round about them that fear him, and delivers them.”
Psalms 34:9
- “O fear the LORD, all of you his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.”
Psalms 34:11
- “Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.”
Psalms 60:4
- “You have given a banner to them that fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.”
Psalms 61:5
- “For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.”
Psalms 76:7-9
- “You, even You, are to be feared: and who may stand in your sight when once you are angry? You caused judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still, When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah. ”
Psalms 76:11-12
- “Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.”
Psalms 85:9-11
- “Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.”
Psalms 86:11
- “Teach me your way, O LORD; I will walk in your truth: unite my heart to fear your name.”
Psalms 103:11
- “For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.”
Psalms 103:13
- “Like as a father pities his children, so the LORD pities them that fear him.”
Psalms 103:17
- “But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;”
Psalms 111:7-10
- “The works of his hands are truth and judgment; all his commandments are sure. They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness. He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant forever: holy and reverend is His name. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding they have that do his commandments: his praise endures for ever.”

Psalms 112:1
- “Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that fears the LORD, that delights greatly in his commandments.”
Psalms 115:11
- “All you that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.”
Psalms 115:13-16
- “He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children. Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth. Heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’S: but the earth has been given to the children of men.”
Psalms 118:4
- “Let them that fear the LORD say that his mercy endures for ever.”
Psalms 119:63
- “I am a companion of all them that fear you, and of them that keep your precepts.”
Psalms 128:1
- “Blessed is everyone that fears the LORD; that walk in his ways.”
Psalms 128:4
- “Behold, the man that fears the LORD shall be blessed.”
Psalms 145:19
- “He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.”
Psalms 147:11
- “The LORD takes pleasure in those that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.”
Proverbs 1:7
- “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.”
Proverbs 1:29
- “For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:”
Proverbs 2:5
- “Then shall you understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.”
Proverbs 3:7
- “Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.”
Proverbs 8:13
- “The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the disobedient mouth, do I hate.”
Proverbs 9:10
- “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.”
Proverbs 10:27
- “The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.”
Proverbs 13:13
- “Whoever despises the word shall be destroyed: but he that fears the commandment shall be rewarded.”
Proverbs 14:2
- “He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despises Him.”
Proverbs 14:16
- “A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.”
Proverbs 14:26-27
- “In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. ”
Proverbs 15:16
- “Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.”

Proverbs 15:32-33
- “He that refuses instruction despises his own soul: but he that hears reproof gets understanding. The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honor is humility.”
Proverbs 16:6
- “By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.”
Proverbs 19:23
- “The fear of the LORD tends to life: and he that has it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.”
Proverbs 22:3-5
- “A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and life. Thorns and snares are in the way of the disobedient: he that does keep his soul shall be far from them. ”
Proverbs 23:17
- “Do not let your heart envy sinners: but be in the fear of the LORD all the day long.”
Proverbs 28:14
- “Happy is the man that fears always: but he that hardens his heart shall fall into mischief.”
Proverbs 31:30
- “Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.”
Ecclesiastes 3:14
- “I know that, whatsoever God does, it shall be forever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God does it, that men should fear before him.”
Ecclesiastes 5:7
- “For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also diverse vanities: but fear your God.”
Ecclesiastes 7:15-18
- “All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongs his life in his wickedness. Be not righteous over much; neither make yourself over wise: why should you destroy yourself? Be not over much wicked, neither befoolish: why should you die before your time? It is good that you should take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not your hand: for he that fears God shall come forth of them all.”
Ecclesiastes 8:11-13
- “Because sentences against evil works are not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he fears not before God.”
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
- “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.”
Revelation 22:14
- “Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.”