Quotes about Fear

Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”

So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”

And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”

“I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.

In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.

Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.

As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”

But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”

and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:

But the brothers were frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time,” they said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”