<p class="poetry">Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes<n id="1" /> and still live a long time,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">yet I know that it will go well with God-fearing people<n id="3" /> &#8211; for they stand in fear<n id="4" /> before him.p>

<p class="poetry">Whom are you worried about?p> <p class="poetry">Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfullyp> <p class="poetry">and not remember mep> <p class="poetry">or think about me?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Because I have been silent for so long,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you are not afraid of me.<n id="3" />p>

Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon whom you now fear.<n id="1" /> Do not be afraid of him because I will be with you to save you and to rescue you from his power. I, the <sc>Lordsc>, affirm it!<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Lot went up from Zoar with his two daughters and settled in the mountains because he was afraid to live in Zoar. So he lived in a cave with his two daughters.

<p class="bodytext">Early in the morning<n id="1" /> Abimelech summoned<n id="2" /> all his servants. When he told them about all these things,<n id="3" /> they<n id="4" /> were terrified.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;I left secretly because I was afraid!&#8221;<n id="1" /> Jacob replied to Laban. &#8220;I thought<n id="2" /> you might take your daughters away from me by force.<n id="3" />

Jacob was very afraid and upset. So he divided the people who were with him into two camps, as well as the flocks, herds, and camels.

When her labor was at its hardest,<n id="1" /> the midwife said to her, &#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid, for you are having another son.&#8221;<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">When they were emptying their sacks, there was each man&#8217;s bag of money in his sack! When they and their father saw the bags of money, they were afraid.

He said, &#8220;I am God,<n id="1" /> the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

So now, don&#8217;t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little children.&#8221; Then he consoled them and spoke kindly<n id="1" /> to them.p>

But<n id="1" /> the midwives feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.<n id="2" />p>

He added, &#8220;I am the God of your father,<n id="1" /> the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.&#8221; Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look<n id="2" /> at God.p>

<p class="bodytext">Those<n id="1" /> of Pharaoh&#8217;s servants who feared the word of the <sc>Lordsc> hurried to bring their<n id="2" /> servants and livestock into the houses,

When<n id="1" /> Pharaoh got closer,<n id="2" /> the Israelites looked up,<n id="3" /> and there were the Egyptians marching after them,<n id="4" /> and they were terrified.<n id="5" /> The Israelites cried out to the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="6" />

When Israel saw<n id="1" /> the great power<n id="2" /> that the <sc>Lordsc> had exercised<n id="3" /> over the Egyptians, they<n id="4" /> feared the <sc>Lordsc>, and they believed in<n id="5" /> the <sc>Lordsc> and in his servant Moses.<n id="6" />p>

When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face shone;<n id="1" /> and they were afraid to approach him.

With him I will speak face to face,<n id="1" /> openly,<n id="2" /> and not in riddles; and he will see the form<n id="3" /> of the <sc>Lordsc>. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?&#8221;

Instruct<n id="1" /> these people as follows: &#8216;You are about to cross the border of your relatives<n id="2" /> the descendants of Esau,<n id="3" /> who inhabit Seir. They will be afraid of you, so watch yourselves carefully.

The <sc>Lordsc> commanded us to obey all these statutes and to revere him<n id="1" /> so that it may always go well for us and he may preserve us, as he has to this day.