Zechariah was shaken and overwhelmed with fear when he saw him.

He shows mercy from generation to generation to all who fear him.

We have been rescued from our enemies so we can serve God without fear,

Great fear swept the crowd, and they praised God, saying, “A mighty prophet has risen among us,” and “God has visited his people today.”

And all the people in the region of the Gerasenes begged Jesus to go away and leave them alone, for a great wave of fear swept over them. So Jesus returned to the boat and left, crossing back to the other side of the lake.

But I’ll tell you whom to fear. Fear God, who has the power to kill you and then throw you into hell. Yes, he’s the one to fear.

“There was a judge in a certain city,” he said, “who neither feared God nor cared about people.

The judge ignored her for a while, but finally he said to himself, ‘I don’t fear God or care about people,

But the other criminal protested, “Don’t you fear God even when you have been sentenced to die?