Jeremiah 42:11
42:11 Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon whom you now fear.
Do not be afraid of him because I will be with you to save you and to rescue you from his power. I, the
Lord, affirm it!
Jeremiah 42:16
42:16 the wars you fear will catch up with you there in the land of Egypt. The starvation you are worried about will follow you there to
Egypt. You will die there.
Jeremiah 43:2-3
43:2 Then Azariah
son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and other arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie! The
Lord our God did not send you to tell us, ‘You must not go to Egypt and settle there.’
43:3 But Baruch son of Neriah is stirring you up against us.
He wants to hand us over
to the Babylonians
so that they will kill us or carry us off into exile in Babylon.”
Jeremiah 43:2
43:2 Then Azariah
son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and other arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie! The
Lord our God did not send you to tell us, ‘You must not go to Egypt and settle there.’
Jeremiah 25:25
25:25 all the kings of Zimri;
all the kings of Elam;
all the kings of Media;
Isaiah 30:16-17
30:16 You say, ‘No, we will flee on horses,’
so you will indeed flee.
You say, ‘We will ride on fast horses,’
so your pursuers will be fast.
30:17 One thousand will scurry at the battle cry of one enemy soldier;
at the battle cry of five enemy soldiers you will all run away,
until the remaining few are as isolated
as a flagpole on a mountaintop
or a signal flag on a hill.”
Isaiah 51:12-13
51:12 “I, I am the one who consoles you.
Why are you afraid of mortal men,
of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass?
51:13 Why do you forget the Lord, who made you,
who stretched out the sky
and founded the earth?
Why do you constantly tremble all day long
at the anger of the oppressor,
when he makes plans to destroy?
Where is the anger of the oppressor?
Isaiah 57:11
57:11 Whom are you worried about?
Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully
and not remember me
or think about me?
Because I have been silent for so long,
you are not afraid of me.
Luke 12:4-5
12:4 “I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more they can do.
12:5 But I will warn you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after the killing, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!