Quotes About Awe

From Bonney's position it was as if a small fusion bomb had detonated above her, sending its billowing mushroom cloud hurtling downwards. "All this," she cried disbelievingly, "for me?

The implacability and violence of nature always awed him. That it could be entirely heedless and yet so beautiful. That awed him. But also its intricate intelligence. Its balancings. Its quiet compensations. It was like some unnamed justice permeated everything. He would not go further than that. Still, the workings of nature made the voracious, self-satiating intelligence of humans seem of the lowest order, not the highest.

No shit," Jack murmured. He was truly awed and relieved. The implacability and violence of nature always awed him. That it could be entirely heedless and yet so beautiful. That awed him. But also its intricate intelligence. Its balancings. Its quiet compensations. It was like some unnamed justice permeated everything. He would not go further than that. Still, the workings of nature made the voracious, self-satiating intelligence of humans seem of the lowest order, not the highest.

When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ramís horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.

And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.

You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.

Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will stand in awe of you.

“We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for we have seen God!”

When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.

the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.

the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.

Would His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not fall upon you?

Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.

“Dominion and awe belong to God; He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven.

Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”

For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.

Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?

See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.

Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.

He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.

Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.

Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God.

“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.