The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. Not one of them can resist you.”

So Samuel called to the Lord, and the Lord made it thunder and rain that day. All the people were very afraid of both the Lord and Samuel.

Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have disobeyed what the Lord commanded and what you said as well. For I was afraid of the army, and I followed their wishes.

He will take delight in obeying the Lord. He will not judge by mere appearances, or make decisions on the basis of hearsay.

Don’t be afraid, despised insignificant Jacob, men of Israel. I am helping you,” says the Lord, your protector, the Holy One of Israel.

I will give them a single-minded purpose to live in a way that always shows respect for me. They will want to do that for their own good and the good of the children who descend from them.

“Do not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known.

But in fact, if you happen to suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. But do not be terrified of them or be shaken.

and that you may so revere the Lord your God that you will keep all his statutes and commandments that I am giving you – you, your children, and your grandchildren – all your lives, to prolong your days.

The Lord commanded us to obey all these statutes and to revere him so that it may always go well for us and he may preserve us, as he has to this day.

Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you except to revere him, to obey all his commandments, to love him, to serve him with all your mind and being,

The Lord’s spirit will rest on him – a spirit that gives extraordinary wisdom, a spirit that provides the ability to execute plans, a spirit that produces absolute loyalty to the Lord.

Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you – yes, I help you – yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!

Don’t be afraid, for you will not be put to shame! Don’t be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated! You will forget about the shame you experienced in your youth; you will no longer remember the disgrace of your abandonment.

“My covenant with him was designed to bring life and peace. I gave its statutes to him to fill him with awe, and he indeed revered me and stood in awe before me.

When her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for you are having another son.”

Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.

The rest of the people will hear and become afraid to keep doing such evil among you.

Then Jotham ran away to Beer and lived there to escape from Abimelech his half-brother.

He replied, “Don’t be afraid, for our side outnumbers them.”