Fear of God: A Motive of Obedience

You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.

You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.

Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.

Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.

You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.

For if you turn away from following Him, He will once again leave this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction.”

Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name. …

…because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.

So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.

Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, walking in His ways and fearing Him.

And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

…and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?

You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.

You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.

And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.

Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

…according to the terms of law they give and the verdict they proclaim. Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from the decision they declare to you. …

If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime, …

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined, …

Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve them. …

…when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel. …

Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God. …

If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.

But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.

Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.

But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”

Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.

“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin? …

If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me, …

For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.

By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.

But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”

But if you do not obey these words, then I swear by Myself, declares the LORD, that this house will become a pile of rubble.’”

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.

But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.

Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.

I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:

Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.

But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare. …

And a third angel followed them, calling out in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on his forehead or on his hand,

…he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.