Listen to me, you who know what is right, you people who are aware of my law! Don’t be afraid of the insults of men; don’t be discouraged because of their abuse!

You will be reestablished when I vindicate you. You will not experience oppression; indeed, you will not be afraid. You will not be terrified, for nothing frightening will come near you.

Because they were afraid that we would run aground on the rocky coast, they threw out four anchors from the stern and wished for day to appear.

Pay everyone what is owed: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.

Ish-bosheth was unable to answer Abner with even a single word because he was afraid of him.

So Ahab summoned Obadiah, who supervised the palace. (Now Obadiah was a very loyal follower of the Lord.

For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise, he is more awesome than all gods.

Is not your piety your confidence, and your blameless ways your hope?

They are absolutely terrified, for God defends the godly.

He humbles princes; the kings of the earth regard him as awesome.

Blessed is the one who is always cautious, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into evil.

The coastlands see and are afraid; the whole earth trembles; they approach and come.

In fact, even the hairs on your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

“Do not be afraid, people of Zion; look, your king is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt!”

This very day I will begin to fill all the people of the earth with dread and to terrify them when they hear about you. They will shiver and shake in anticipation of your approach.”

They will lick the dust like a snake, like serpents crawling on the ground. They will come trembling from their strongholds to the Lord our God; they will be terrified of you.

The Lord is indeed going before you – he will be with you; he will not fail you or abandon you. Do not be afraid or discouraged!”

They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods they had not known; to new gods who had recently come along, gods your ancestors had not known about.