Fear of God

Hebrew:    emah = terror

deagah = fear, sorrow

chardah = trembling

chath = fright, terror

yirah = fear, reverence

magor = fear

megorah = fear

mora = fear

pachad = dread

pachdah = dread

rogez = rage, anger

retet = terror, trembling

readah = trembling

gur = to be afraid

dechal = to be afraid

chul, chil = to be pained

yagor = to be afraid

yare = to fear, reverence

arats = terrified

saar = to be afraid, frightened

yare = to be reverenced

Greek:      phobos = terror, fear

phobeo = to cause fear, terrify

deilia = timidity

phobon = to have fear

phoberos = fearful, terrable

Old Testament:

1. Exodus 15:16 “Fear (emah) and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as stone; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.”

2. Exodus 20:20 “And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear (yirah) may be before your faces, that ye sin not.”

3. Exodus 23:27 “I will send my fear (emah)before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.”

4. Exodus 20:11 “And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God (yirah) is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.”

5. Deuteronomy 6:2 “That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, (yare)to keep all his statues and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.”

6. Deuteronomy 10:12, 20 “And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, (yare) to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; (yare) him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.”

7. Deuteronomy 13:4 “Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, (yare)and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.”

8. Deuteronomy 17:18-20 “And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests and Levites: And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the Lord (yare)his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.”

9. Deuteronomy 31:12-13 “Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, (yare)and observe to do all the words of this law: And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, (yare)as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.”

10. Joshua 4:24 “That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the Lord your God forever.”

11. Joshua 24:14 “Now therefore fear thy Lord, (yare) and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.”

12. I Samuel 12:24 “Only fear the Lord, (yare)and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you. But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.”

13. II Samuel 23:3 “The God Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God (yirah).”

14. I Kings 18:12 “I(Obadiah)thy servant fear the Lord f(yare)from my youth.”

15. II Kings 17:36, 39 “But the Lord, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, (yare)and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. But the Lord your God ye shall fear; (yare) and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.”

16. I Chronicles 16:25 “For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he also is to be feared above all gods.”(yare)

17. II Chronicles 6:31 “That they may fear thee, (yare) to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.”

18. II Chronicles 19:9 “And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear (yrah) of the Lord, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.”

19. Nehemiah 1:10-11 “Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: (yare) and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man, For I was the king's cup bearer.”

20. Nehemiah 5:9 “Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God (yirah) because of the approach of the heathen our enemies?”

21. Nehemiah 5:15 “But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.(yirah)”

22. Job 28:28 “And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, (yirah) that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.”

23. Psalm 2:11 “Serve the Lord with fear, (yirah)and rejoice with trembling.”

24. Psalm 5:7 “But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear (yirah)will I worship toward thy holy temple.”

25. Psalm 19:9 “The fear of the Lord (yirah)is clean, enduring forever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.”

26. Psalm 34:9, 11 “O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. (yare) Come ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.(yirah)”

27. Psalm 76:7, 11 “Thou, even thou, art to be feared: ( yare) and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry? Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.”(mora)

28. Psalm 86:11 “Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. (yare)”

29. Psalm 89:7 “God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.”

30. Psalm 90:11 “Who knoweth the power of thine anger? Even according tothy fear, (yirah)so is thy wrath.”

31. Psalm 96:4 “For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared (yare) above all gods.”

32. Psalm 111:10 “The fear of the Lord (yirah) is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth forever.”

33. Psalm 112:1-3 “Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, (yare)that delighteth greatly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.”

34. Psalm 119:38 “Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.”(yirah)

35. Psalm 130:4 “But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.”

36. Proverbs 1:7 “The fear of the Lord (yirah)is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.”

37. Proverbs 1:29 “For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:(yirah)”

38. Proverbs 2:5 “Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, (yirah)and find the knowledge of God.”

39. Proverbs 3:7 “Be not wise in thine in thine own: fear the Lord, (yare)and depart from evil.”

40. Proverbs 8:13 “The fear of the Lord (yirah)is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.”

41. Proverbs 9:10 “The fear of the Lord (yirah)is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.”

42. Proverbs 10:27 “The fear of the Lord (yirah)prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.”

43. Proverbs 14:26-27 “In the fear of the Lord (yirah)is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. The fear of the Lord (yirah)is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.”

44. Proverbs 15:16, 33 “Better is little with the fear of the Lord (yirah) than great treasure and trouble therewith. The fear of the Lord (yirah)is the instruction of wisdom; and before honor is humility.”

45. Proverbs 16:6 “By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord (yirah)men depart from evil,”

46. Proverbs 19:23 “The fear of the Lord (yirah)tendeth to lie: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.”

47. Proverbs 22:4 “By humility and the fear of the Lord (yirah)are riches, and honor, and life.”

48. Proverbs 23:17 “Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord (yirah) all the day long.”

49. Ecclesiastes 8:12-13 “Though a sinner do evil and hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, (yare) 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 feareth not before God.”(yare)

50. Isaiah 11:2-3 “And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; (yirah) And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord:(yirah) and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:”

51. Isaiah 29:13, 23 “Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me (yirah)is taught by the precept of men: But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.”(arats)

52. Isaiah 33:6 “And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the Lord (yirah)is his treasure.”

53. Isaiah 63:17 “O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear?(yirah) Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.”

54. Jeremiah 2:19 “Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, and thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear (pachad)is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.”

55. Jeremiah 32:40 “And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear (yirah)in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.”

56. Hosea 3:5 “Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and see the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord (pachad) and his goodness in the latter days.”

57. Jonah 1:16 “(Jonah)Then the men feared the Lord (yirah)exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the Lord, and made vows.”

New Testament:

1. Acts 5:5 “And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear (phobos)came on all them that heard these things.”

2. Acts 9:31 “Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, (phobos)and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, were multiplied.”

3. Acts 10:1-2 “There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, a devout man, and one that feared God (phobeo) with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.”

4. Acts 10:35 “But in every nation he that feareth him, (phobeo) and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.”

5. Acts 19:17 “And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks, also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, (phobos) )and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.”

6. Romans 3:18 “There is no fear of God (phobos) before their (Jews & Gentiles) eyes.”

7. II Corinthians 7:1 “Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.”(phobos)

8. Ephesians 5:21 “Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.”(phobos)

9. Philippians 2:12 “Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear (phobos) and trembling.”

10. Colossians 3:22 “Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the fles; not with eye service, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:”(phobeo)

11. Hebrews 4:1 “Let us therefore fear, (phobeo) lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to com short of it.”

12. I Peter 2:17 “Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king”

13. Revelation 19:5 “And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, (phobeo) )both small and great.”

Also see: “Fear God Not Man”