Quotes About Fear

The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ëHe who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,

At this, all the guests of Adonijah arose in terror and scattered.

But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.

It was reported to Solomon: “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ëLet King Solomon first swear to me not to put his servant to the sword.í”

When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.

so that they may fear You all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.

then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.

If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, their hearts will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah; then they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”

and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,

But Obadiah replied, “How have I sinned, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death?

I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.

And now you say, ëGo tell your lord that Elijah is here!í He will kill me!”

So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”

And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,

Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”

Then the angel of the LORD said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Do not be afraid of him.” So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.

When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way.

the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.

When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”

For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”

Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives.

Joram turned around and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”

But they were terrified and reasoned, “If two kings could not stand against him, how can we?”

When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.