The fear and dread of you shall rest on every animal of the earth and on every bird of the air, on everything that creeps on the ground and on all the fish of the sea; into your hand they are delivered.

your servant has found favor with you, and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life, but I cannot flee to the hills, for fear the disaster will overtake me and I die.

Abraham said, “I did it because I thought, Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.

He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been on my side, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God saw my affliction and the labor of my hands and rebuked you last night.”

May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac,

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Remain a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up,” for he feared that he too would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.

But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he feared that harm might come to him.

On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:

For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the suffering that would come upon my father.”

So have no fear; I myself will provide for you and your little ones.” In this way he reassured them, speaking kindly to them.

But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live.

And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.

Those officials of Pharaoh who feared the word of the Lord hurried their slaves and livestock off to a secure place,

But as for you and your officials, I know that you do not yet fear the Lord God.”

As Pharaoh drew near, the Israelites looked back, and there were the Egyptians advancing on them. In great fear the Israelites cried out to the Lord.

Israel saw the great work that the Lord did against the Egyptians. So the people feared the Lord and believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses.

You should also look for able men among all the people, men who fear God, are trustworthy, and hate dishonest gain; set them as officers over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid, for God has come only to test you and to put the fear of him upon you so that you do not sin.”

You shall not revile the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind; you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

“You shall rise before the aged and defer to the old, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

You shall not cheat one another, but you shall fear your God, for I am the Lord your God.

Do not take interest in advance or otherwise make a profit from them, but fear your God; let them live with you.

You shall not rule over them with harshness but shall fear your God.

Only, do not rebel against the Lord, and do not fear the people of the land, for they are no more than bread for us; their protection is removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.”