'Fear the Lord' in the Bible

When they first began to live there, the settlers did not fear the LORD, so he sent lions among them, and they killed a few of them.

So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria went to live in Bethel to teach them how they ought to fear the LORD.

While they continued to fear the LORD, they served their own gods, following the custom of the nations whom they had carried away from there.

To this very day, they still follow the former customs: they don't fear the LORD and they don't live in accordance with the statutes, ordinances, laws, or commandments that the LORD had given to the descendants of Jacob whom he renamed Israel

But you are to fear the LORD, and he will deliver you from the control of all your enemies."