Fear

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An attitude of anxiety or distress, caused by concern over a threat to one’s future. Scripture provides numerous examples of situations in which fear is experienced. It declares, however, that God alone is to be feared, and moments of human fear can be opportunities for deepening faith in him.

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Reverent fear of God commended

Proverbs 1:7 DIEBYBEL:A19331953

7 DIE vrees van die Here is die beginsel van die kennis; sotte verag wysheid en tug.

See also Dt 6:13; Dt 31:12–13; Jos 4:24; Jos 24:14; 1 Sa 12:24; Ps 2:11; Ps 34:7–9; Pr 15:33; Ec 12:13; Is 33:6; Re 14:7

Fear of natural phenomena

Ps 91:5; Jon 1:4–5

See also Ge 19:30; Job 5:22; Ec 12:5; Is 7:25; Mt 8:26; Re 11:13

Fear as an opportunity for faith

Dt 1:21; Ps 23:4; Pr 3:25–26; Mt 10:29–31

See also Ex 14:13; Dt 1:29; Dt 7:18–21; Dt 31:6; Jos 11:6; Ne 4:14; Ps 3:6; Ps 34:4; Ps 49:5; Ps 56:3; Is 10:24; Is 35:3–4; Is 41:14; Is 43:5; Is 44:8; Is 51:12; Je 1:8; Je 1:17; Je 30:10; Je 42:11; Je 46:27; Eze 2:6; Eze 3:9; Da 10:19; Mt 8:26; Mk 6:49–51; Jn 14:27

Fear of the unnatural

Fear of thoughts and visions

Da 4:5; Ac 10:4

See also 1 Sa 3:15; Job 4:13–15; Is 21:4; Da 8:17; Da 10:11–12; Mt 1:20; Mt 28:4; Lk 1:12–13; Lk 1:29–30; Lk 2:9–10

Fear of the unknown or the abnormal

Mt 14:26–27; Ac 5:5

See also Ex 20:18; Ex 34:30 The radiance of Moses’ face reflected God’s glory and made the Israelites afraid; Dt 5:5; 1 Sa 4:7; Ne 6:16; Je 10:2; Da 5:9 Belshazzar’s fear at the writing on the wall; Jon 1:10; Mt 17:6 the fear of the disciples at the transfiguration; Mt 27:54; Mk 5:33; Mk 9:32; Mk 16:8; Lk 5:10; Lk 8:37 Fear seized the people when the Gerasene demoniac was healed; Lk 9:34; Jn 19:8; Ac 19:17

Fear of embarrassment or shame

Genesis 3:10 DIEBYBEL:A19331953

10 En hy antwoord: Ek het u geruis gehoor in die tuin en gevrees, want ek is naak; daarom het ek my verberg.

Fear of the future

Jeremiah 51:46 DIEBYBEL:A19331953

46 En laat julle hart nie week wees, sodat julle bevrees word by die tyding wat in die land gehoor word nie, as daar ’n tyding kom in die een jaar, en daarna ’n tyding in die ander jaar, en daar geweld is in die land, heerser teen heerser.

See also Is 41:23; Mk 10:32; Lk 12:32; Ac 27:24

Fear of persecution

Ezr 4:4; Jn 12:42–43

See also 1 Ki 19:3; Jn 7:13; Jn 9:22; Jn 20:19; 1 Pe 3:14; Re 2:10

Fear of death

Hebrews 2:14–15 DIEBYBEL:A19331953

14 Aangesien die kinders dan vlees en bloed deelagtig is, het Hy dit ook op dieselfde manier deelagtig geword, sodat Hy deur die dood hom tot niet kon maak wat mag oor die dood het—dit is die duiwel — 15 en almal kon bevry wat hulle hele lewe lank uit vrees vir die dood aan slawerny onderworpe was.

Fear of people

Of enemies

Ex 14:10; 1 Sa 7:7

See also Nu 22:3; Jdg 7:3; 1 Sa 17:24; 1 Sa 17:11; 2 Sa 10:19; 2 Ch 12:5; Ps 27:1–3; Ps 56:1–4; Is 20:5; Is 41:5; Je 22:25; Je 41:18; Ob 9

Of one’s own family

Ge 32:11; Ge 45:3; Jdg 9:21

See also Ge 31:31; Ge 32:7; Ge 42:4; Ge 50:19; Jdg 6:27

Of particular people

1 Sa 15:24; 1 Co 2:3

See also Ge 26:7; Ex 2:14; Dt 2:4; 1 Sa 18:15 Saul’s fear of David; 2 Sa 3:11; Ne 2:2 Nehemiah’s fear before the king; Es 7:6; Je 26:21; Je 38:19; Mt 2:22; Mk 12:12; Lk 19:21; Ac 9:26 the disciples fear of Paul, not believing his conversion; 1 Co 16:10; 2 Co 7:15; Ga 2:12

Of human beings in general

Proverbs 29:25 DIEBYBEL:A19331953

25 Die vrees vir die mens span ’n strik; maar hy wat op die Here vertrou, sal beskut word.

Fear of judgment

Eze 11:8; Ac 24:25

See also 1 Sa 28:20; 1 Ch 21:30; Is 33:14; Je 17:18; Je 30:5; Je 42:15–16; Eze 12:18; Eze 27:35; Zec 9:5; 1 Jn 4:18 Christians, assured of God’s love, no longer fear judgment; Re 18:10; Re 18:15

Fear as a deterrent

Romans 13:4 DIEBYBEL:A19331953

4 want hy is ’n dienaar van God, jou ten goede. Maar as jy kwaad doen, vrees dan; want hy dra die swaard nie verniet nie, want hy is ’n dienaar van God, ’n wreker om die een wat kwaad doen, te straf.