The Fear of the Lord

THE FEAR OF THE LORD
• Let us consider what the Bible, God’s Word, says about “The Fear of
The Lord”.
• What does it mean to Fear the Lord?
• Is it something that the Lord requires of His people?
• Are there examples in God’s Word of those who Fear Him or don’t
Fear Him?
• Are there consequences that result if people Fear the Lord or don’t
Fear Him.?
• Consider the following:
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• Ps 112:1 Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD,
that delighteth greatly in his commandments. KJV
• Feareth - OT:3372 ar@y* yare' (yaw-ray'); a primitive root; to
fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten:
• KJV - affright, be (make) afraid, dread (-ful), (put in) fear (-
ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence (-end), X see, terrible
(act, -ness, thing).
• New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with
Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994,
2003, 2006, 2010 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible
Translators, Inc.
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• Prov 14:2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but
he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. KJV
• Ps 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good
understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise
endureth for ever. KJV
• Ps 115:11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help
and their shield. KJV
• Ps 128:1 Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in
his ways. KJV
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• Isa 50:10 Who among you fears the Lord and obeys his servant? Let those
who walk in darkness and have no light trust the name of the Lord and
depend upon their God. (God’s Word Translation)
• Ps 145:17-20 17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his
works. 18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that
call upon him in truth. 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him:
he also will hear their cry, and will save them. 20 The LORD preserveth
all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy. KJV
• Eccl 8:13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong
his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth (#3373) not before
God. KJV
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• Ps 36:1 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that
there is no fear of God before his eyes. KJV
• Fear - OT:6343 dj^P^ pachad (pakh'-ad); from OT:6342; a
(sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by
implication, the feeling):
• KJV - dread (-ful), fear, (thing) great [fear, -ly feared],
terror. (New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and
Concordance)
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• Ps 112:1 Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the
LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. KJV
• Prov 8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and
arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
KJV
• Prov 16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of
the LORD men depart from evil. KJV
• Eccl 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear
God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of
man. KJV
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• Luke 1:46-50 46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 47
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour, 48 For he hath
regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from
henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. 49 For he that is
mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. 50 And
his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to
generation.KJV
• Heb 13:6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will
not fear what man shall do unto me. KJV
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• Fear - NT:5399 fobeoo, foboo: to terrify, frighten to put to flight by
terrifying
• 1. to be put to flight, to flee
• 2. to fear, be afraid; Matt 10:31
• 3. to reverence, venerate, to treat with deference or reverential
obedience; Mark 6:20 (from Thayer's Greek Lexicon, ..)
• Fear - NT:5401 - phobos (fob'-os); from a primary phebomai (to be
put in fear); alarm or fright:
• KJV - be afraid, + exceedingly, fear, terror.
(New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance)
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• Acts 10:22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and
one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of
the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee
into his house, and to hear words of thee. KJV
• Acts 10:34-35 34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I
perceive that God is no respecter of persons: 35 But in every nation
he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with
him. KJV
• Matt 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able
to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both
soul and body in hell. KJV
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• Rom 3:10-13 10 As it is written, There is none righteous,
no, not one:
• 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that
seeketh after God.
• 12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together
become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no,
not one.
• 13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues
they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their
lips:
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•Rom 3:14-18 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing
and bitterness:
•15 Their feet are swift to shed blood:
•16 Destruction and misery are in their ways:
•17 And the way of peace have they not
known:
•18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.
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• Rom 13:1-5 1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there
is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
• 2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of
God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
• 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then
not be afraid (#5399-phobeo) of the power? do that which is good, and
thou shalt have praise of the same:
• 4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which
is evil, be afraid (#5399-phobeo) ; for he beareth not the sword in vain:
for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that
doeth evil.
• 5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for
conscience sake. KJV
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• So, we have the following situation in the USA and the World:
• 60,069,971 Abortions in America since Roe v. Wade in 1973
• 1,549,504,406 Abortions in the World since 1980
• According to United Nations Office Of Drug Control,, there were an
estimated 437,000 people murdered in the world in 2017
• In 2010, there were 40,974 murders in Brazil
• In 2009, there were 40,752 murders in India
• In 2017, there were 25,339 murders in Mexico.
• In 2015, the estimated number of murders in the USA was 15,696.
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• Based on what we have learned from what the bible says, why have
people done these things? Let us notice again.
• Rom 3:14-18 …. 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood: 16 Destruction
and misery are in their ways: 17 And the way of peace have they
not known: there is no fear (#5401-phobeo) of God before their
eyes.
• Ps 36:1-3 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart,
that there is no fear (#6343-pachad) of God before his eyes. 2 For he
flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be
hateful. 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath
left off to be wise, and to do good. KJV
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• 2 Cor 5:10-11 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of
Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body,
according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 11
Knowing therefore the terror (#5401-phobeo) of the Lord, we
persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also
are made manifest in your consciences. KJV
• Matt 10:28 And fear (phobeo) not them which kill the body, but are
not able to kill the soul: but rather fear (phobeo) him which is able
to destroy both soul and body in hell. KJV
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• Ps 56:4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will
not fear what flesh can do unto me. KJV
• Ps 33:18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him,
upon them that hope in his mercy; KJV
• Ps 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good
understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise
endureth for ever. KJV
• Prov 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but
fools despise wisdom and instruction. KJV
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• Heb 5:7-10 ..who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up
prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him
who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His
godly fear, 10 though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by
the things which He suffered. 9 And having been perfected, He
became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, NKJV
• Rom 5:6-8 6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time
Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will
one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to
die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we
were yet sinners, Christ died for us. KJV
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• 1 Peter 1:17-20 17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect
of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of
your sojourning here in fear:
• 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with
corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation
received by tradition from your fathers;
• 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without
blemish and without spot:
• 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world,
but was manifest in these last times for you, ….KJV
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• Heb 8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins
and their iniquities will I remember no more.KJV
• Heb 10:16-22 16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after
those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their
minds will I write them; 17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember
no more. 18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering
for sin. 19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest
by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new and living way, which he hath
consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 And
having an high priest over the house of God; 22 Let us draw near with a
true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an
evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. KJV
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• So, do you fear the Lord, now that you have learned what He did for you?
What will you do? Will you obey Him? He says the following per:
• John 8:24 - …if ye believe not that I am….
• Luke 13:3 - …except ye repent…..
• Luke 12:8 - …Whosoever shall confess Me…
• Mark 16:16 - ..He that believeth and is baptized….
• John 8:31 - ..If ye continue in my word …
• Phil 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my
presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own
salvation with fear and trembling. KJV
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