Here is a list of Scriptures dealing with fear. As
you study, ask yourself these questions. Why did each person fear? Was their
fear justified? How did they react? Who told them not to fear? What can you
apply to your own life as you deal with fear?
Genesis 15:1
1
After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid,
Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
Genesis 21:17
17
God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and
said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the
boy crying as he lies there.
Genesis 26:24
24
That night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham.
Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bless you and will increase the
number of your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.”
Genesis 35:17
17
And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her,
“Don’t be afraid, for you have another son.”
Genesis 43:23
23
“It’s all right,” he said. “Don’t be afraid. Your God, the God of your father,
has given you treasure in your sacks; I received your silver.” Then he brought
Simeon out to them.
Genesis 46:3
3
“I am God, the God of your father,” he said. “Do not be afraid to go down to
Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
Genesis 50:19
19
But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?
Genesis 50:21
21
So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.” And he reassured
them and spoke kindly to them.
Exodus 14:13
13
Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the
deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will
never see again.
Exodus 20:20
20
Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that
the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.”
Deuteronomy 1:21
21
See, the LORD your God has given you the land. Go up and take possession of it
as the LORD, the God of your fathers, told you. Do not be afraid; do not be
discouraged.”
Deuteronomy 20:3
3
He shall say: “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle against your enemies.
Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be terrified or give way to panic before
them.
Deuteronomy 25:18
18
When you were weary and worn out, they met you on your journey and cut off all
who were lagging behind; they had no fear of God.
Deuteronomy 31:6
6
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for
the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Deuteronomy 31:8
8
The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you
nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”
Deuteronomy 32:17
17
They sacrificed to demons, which are not God— gods they had not known, gods
that recently appeared, gods your fathers did not fear.
Joshua 8:1
1
Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Take
the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. For I have delivered into
your hands the king of Ai, his people, his city and his land.
Joshua 10:25
25
Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Be strong and
courageous. This is what the LORD will do to all the enemies you are going to
fight.”
Judges 4:18
18
Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Come, my lord, come right in.
Don’t be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she put a covering over him.
Judges 6:10
10
I said to you, ‘I am the LORD your God; do not worship the gods of the Amorites,
in whose land you live.’ But you have not listened to me.”
Judges 6:23
23
But the LORD said to him, “Peace! Do not be afraid. You are not going to die.”
Ruth 3:11
11
And now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All my
fellow townsmen know that you are a woman of noble character.
1 Samuel 4:20
20
As she was dying, the women attending her said, “Don’t despair; you have given
birth to a son.” But she did not respond or pay any attention.
1 Samuel 12:20
20
“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “You have done all this evil; yet do not
turn away from the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.
1 Samuel 22:23
23
Stay with me; don’t be afraid; the man who is seeking your life is seeking mine
also. You will be safe with me.”
1 Samuel 23:17
17
“Don’t be afraid,” he said. “My father Saul will not lay a hand on you. You
will be king over Israel, and I will be second to you. Even my father Saul
knows this.”
2 Samuel 9:7
7
“Don’t be afraid,” David said to him, “for I will surely show you kindness for
the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that
belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”
2 Samuel 13:28
28
Absalom ordered his men, “Listen! When Amnon is in high spirits from drinking
wine and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon down,’ then kill him. Don’t be afraid.
Have not I given you this order? Be strong and brave.”
1 Kings 17:13
13
Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But
first make a small cake of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me,
and then make something for yourself and your son.
2 Kings 6:16
16
“Don’t be afraid,” the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more than
those who are with them.”
2 Kings 17:25
25
When they first lived there, they did not worship the LORD; so he sent lions
among them and they killed some of the people.
2 Kings 17:34
34
To this day they persist in their former practices. They neither worship the
LORD nor adhere to the decrees and ordinances, the laws and commands that the
LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
2 Kings 25:24
24
Gedaliah took an oath to reassure them and their men. “Do not be afraid of the
Babylonian officials,” he said. “Settle down in the land and serve the king of
Babylon, and it will go well with you.”
1 Chronicles 28:20
20
David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work.
Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will
not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the temple of
the LORD is finished.
2 Chronicles 20:17
17
You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and
see the deliverance the LORD will give you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be
afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the LORD will
be with you.’”
Psalm 55:19
19
God, who is enthroned forever, will hear them and afflict them— Selah men who
never change their ways and have no fear of God.
Psalm 64:4
4
They shoot from ambush at the innocent man; they shoot at him suddenly, without
fear.
Psalm 78:53
53
He guided them safely, so they were unafraid; but the sea engulfed their enemies.
Isaiah 7:4
4
Say to him, ‘Be careful, keep calm and don’t be afraid. Do not lose heart
because of these two smoldering stubs of firewood—because of the fierce anger
of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.
Isaiah 35:4
4
say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear; your God will come,
he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you.”
Isaiah 41:13
13
For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you,
Do not fear; I will help you.
Isaiah 41:14
14
Do not be afraid, O worm Jacob, O little Israel, for I myself will help you,” declares
the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 43:1
1
But now, this is what the LORD says— he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed
you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name;
you are mine.
Isaiah 43:5
5
Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east
and gather you from the west.
Isaiah 44:2
2
This is what the LORD says— he who made you, who formed you in the womb, and
who will help you: Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant, Jeshurun, whom I have
chosen.
Isaiah 44:8
8
Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long
ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other
Rock; I know not one.”
Isaiah 51:7
7
“Hear me, you who know what is right, you people who have my law in your
hearts: Do not fear the reproach of men or be terrified by their insults.
Isaiah 54:4
4
“Do not be afraid; you will not suffer shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will
not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more
the reproach of your widowhood.
Jeremiah 2:19
19
Your wickedness will punish you; your backsliding will rebuke you. Consider
then and realize how evil and bitter it is for you when you forsake the LORD
your God and have no awe of me,” declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.
Jeremiah 3:8
8
I gave faithless Israel her certificate of divorce and sent her away because of
all her adulteries. Yet I saw that her unfaithful sister Judah had no fear; she
also went out and committed adultery.
Jeremiah 5:22
22
Should you not fear me?” declares the LORD. “Should you not tremble in my presence?
I made the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting barrier it cannot cross.
The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail; they may roar, but they cannot
cross it.
Jeremiah 40:9
9
Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, took an oath to reassure them and
their men. “Do not be afraid to serve the Babylonians,” he said. “Settle down
in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.
Jeremiah 46:27
27
“Do not fear, O Jacob my servant; do not be dismayed, O Israel. I will surely
save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their exile.
Jacob will again have peace and security, and no one will make him afraid.
Lamentations 3:57
57
You came near when I called you, and you said, “Do not fear.”
Daniel 10:12
12
Then he continued, “Do not be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day that you set
your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your
words were heard, and I have come in response to them.
Daniel 10:19
19
“Do not be afraid, O man highly esteemed,” he said. “Peace! Be strong now; be
strong.” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, “Speak, my lord,
since you have given me strength.”
Hosea 10:3
3
Then they will say, “We have no king because we did not revere the LORD. But
even if we had a king, what could he do for us?”
Joel 2:21
21
Be not afraid, O land; be glad and rejoice. Surely the LORD has done great
things.
Haggai 2:5
5
‘This is what I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt. And my Spirit remains
among you. Do not fear.’
Zechariah 8:13
13
As you have been an object of cursing among the nations, O Judah and Israel, so
will I save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid, but let your
hands be strong.”
Zechariah 8:15
15
“so now I have determined to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be
afraid.
Malachi 3:5
5
“So I will come near to you for judgment. I will be quick to testify against
sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of
their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive aliens of
justice, but do not fear me,” says the LORD Almighty.
Matthew 1:20
20
But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a
dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as
your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 10:28
28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather,
be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 10:31
31
So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Matthew 28:5
5
The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking
for Jesus, who was crucified.
Luke 1:13
13
But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been
heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the
name John.
Luke 1:30
30
But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with
God.
Luke 2:10
10
But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great
joy that will be for all the people.
Luke 5:10
10
and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners. Then Jesus
said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will catch men.”
Luke 8:50
50
Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid; just believe, and she
will be healed.”
Luke 12:7
7
Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are
worth more than many sparrows.
Luke 12:32
32
“Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you
the kingdom.
Luke 18:2
2
He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared
about men.
Luke 18:4
4
“For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t
fear God or care about men,
John 12:15
15
“Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion; see, your king is coming, seated on a
donkey’s colt.”
Acts 27:24
24
and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand trial before Caesar; and God
has graciously given you the lives of all who sail with you.’
1 Peter 2:18
18
Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those
who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh.
Revelation 1:17
17
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right
hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.
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