Fear of God: A Motive of Obedience

Scripture references

• Lev 19:14, 32 You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the
• Lev 25:17, 36, 43 Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am
• Num 32:15 For if you turn away from following Him, He will once again leave this
• Deu 6:13–15 Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His
• Deu 7:4 because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other
• Deu 8:5, 6 So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the
• Deu 10:12, 13, 20 And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to
• Deu 13:4 You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments
• Deu 14:23 And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the
• Deu 15:9 Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh
• Deu 17:11–13 according to the terms of law they give and the verdict they proclaim.
• Deu 19:16–20 If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,
• Deu 21:18–21 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his
• Deu 28:14–68 Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I
• Deu 31:11–13 when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will
• Jos 23:11–16 Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God.
• 1Sa 12:14, 15, 24, 25 If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if
• Job 13:21 Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.
• Job 31:1–4, 13–15, 23 “I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze
• Pro 16:6 By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the
• Isa 1:20 But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the
• Jer 4:4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts,
• Jer 22:5 But if you do not obey these words, then I swear by Myself, declares the
• Mat 10:28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.
• Luk 12:4, 5 I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and
• 2Co 5:10, 11 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each
• 2Ti 4:1, 2 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge
• 2Pe 3:10–12 But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will
• Rev 14:9, 10 And a third angel followed them, calling out in a loud voice, “If