'Fear' in the Bible

And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.

But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.

And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.

And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.

That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,

and lo, a messenger of the Lord stood over them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they feared a great fear.

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.

And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.

And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins, for fear that the skins will be burst by the new wine, and the wine be let out, and the skins come to destruction.

And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.

And he said to them, Where is your faith? And fear and wonder overcame them, and they said to one another, Who then is this, who gives orders even to the winds and the water and they do what he says?

And people came out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind (mentally healthy); and they were frightened.

Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.

And when the woman saw that she was not able to keep it secret, she came, shaking with fear, and falling down before him she made clear before all the people the reason for her touching him, and how she was made well straight away.

But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.

But even as he was saying this, a cloud formed and began to overshadow them; and they were [greatly] afraid as they entered the cloud.

But this saying was not clear to them and its sense was kept secret from them so that they were not able to see it: and they had fear of questioning him about it.

“And I say to you, My friends, don’t fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more.

But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

"Therefore, do not be asking what you are to eat nor what you are to drink; and do not waver between hope and fear.

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

For when, with your opponent, you are going before the magistrate, on the way take pains to get out of his power; for fear that, if he should drag you before the judge, the judge may hand you over to the officer of the court, and the officer lodge you in prison.

For fear that if he makes a start and is not able to go on with it to the end, all who see it will be laughing at him,

“There was a judge in a certain town who didn’t fear God or respect man.

And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

Because I was in fear of you, for you are a hard man: you take up what you have not put down, and get in grain where you have not put seed.

And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to get their hands on him in that very hour; and they were in fear of the people, for they saw that he had made up this story against them.

And they had fear of putting any more questions to him.

And when news of wars and troubled times comes to your ears, have no fear; for these things have to be, but the end will not be now.

And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth, fear among the nations and doubt because of the loud noise of the sea and the waves;

Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:

And the chief priests and the scribes were looking for a chance to put him to death, but they went in fear of the people.

But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?

And as they were filled with fear and bowed their faces to the ground, they said to them, Why seek ye the living one among the dead?

But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.