Thematic Bible: Unholy Fear


Thematic Bible



Men will go into caves of the rocks
And into holes of the ground
Before the terror of the Lord
And the splendor of His majesty,
When He arises to make the earth tremble.


and they said to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?"


“Distress and anguish terrify him,
They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,

Sounds of terror are in his ears;
While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.

Terror and dread fall upon them;
By the greatness of Your arm they are motionless as stone;
Until Your people pass over, O Lord,
Until the people pass over whom You have purchased.


Then Saul immediately fell full length upon the ground and was very afraid because of the words of Samuel; also there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no food all day and all night.

When Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was afraid and his heart trembled greatly.


What the wicked fears will come upon him,
But the desire of the righteous will be granted.

When your dread comes like a storm
And your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.


Sinners in Zion are terrified;
Trembling has seized the godless.
“Who among us can live with the consuming fire?
Who among us can live with continual burning?”

Your heart will meditate on terror:
“Where is he who counts?
Where is he who weighs?
Where is he who counts the towers?”



And it will be in the day when the Lord gives you rest from your pain and turmoil and harsh service in which you have been enslaved,


Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have indeed transgressed the command of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and listened to their voice.

His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.






“You are not to say, ‘It is a conspiracy!’
In regard to all that this people call a conspiracy,
And you are not to fear what they fear or be in dread of it.


“Distress and anguish terrify him,
They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,

“All around terrors frighten him,
And harry him at every step.


I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you a sudden terror, consumption and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the soul to pine away; also, you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it up. 'I will set My face against you so that you will be struck down before your enemies; and those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you.




And there was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even the garrison and the raiders trembled, and the earth quaked so that it became a great trembling.


Each stood in his place around the camp; and all the army ran, crying out as they fled. When they blew 300 trumpets, the LORD set the sword of one against another even throughout the whole army; and the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the edge of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.


but a terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries.


The covenant that I have made with you, you shall not forget, nor shall you fear other gods.




Then all the guests of Adonijah were terrified; and they arose and each went on his way.




Behold, You have driven me this day from the face of the ground; and from Your face I will be hidden, and I will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”


How they are destroyed in a moment!
They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!


Then the king’s face grew pale and his thoughts alarmed him, and his hip joints went slack and his knees began knocking together.




Esther said, “A foe and an enemy is this wicked Haman!” Then Haman became terrified before the king and queen.


When it was reported to the house of David, saying, “The Arameans have camped in Ephraim,” his heart and the hearts of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake with the wind.




Fear and trembling come upon me,
And horror has overwhelmed me.


Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid;