Fear (Awe)

A deep respect and wonder that makes someone feel small before God's greatness.

Key References

Deuteronomy 4:34

Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?

Deuteronomy 11:25

No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.

Psalm 76:12

He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.

Isaiah 8:13

The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.

All Scripture References (11)

Genesis (1)
Genesis 9:2

The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.

Deuteronomy (4)
Deuteronomy 4:34

Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?

Deuteronomy 11:25

No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.

Deuteronomy 26:8

Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.

Deuteronomy 34:12

and no prophet who performed all the mighty acts of power and awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.

Psalms (1)
Psalm 76:12

He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.

Isaiah (2)
Isaiah 8:12

“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.

Isaiah 8:13

The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.

Jeremiah (1)
Jeremiah 32:21

You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.

Malachi (2)
Malachi 1:6

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’

Malachi 2:5

“My covenant with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name.