Quotes about Fear
When one of them was gone, I said: “Surely he has been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since.
— Genesis 44:28
Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.
— Genesis 45:3
“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
— Exodus 1:9
Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
— Exodus 1:10
But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
— Exodus 1:12
The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
— Exodus 1:17
And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.
— Exodus 1:21
After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
— Exodus 2:12
But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”
— Exodus 2:14
“Throw it on the ground,” said the LORD. So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake, and he ran from it.
— Exodus 4:3
“May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”
— Exodus 5:21
Those among Pharaoh’s officials who feared the word of the LORD hurried to bring their servants and livestock to shelter,
— Exodus 9:20