Fear of God: Conspicuous Instances of Those Who Feared
Noah, in preparing the ark,
Hbr 11:7.
Abraham, tested in the offering of his son Isaac,
Gen 22:12.
Jacob, in the vision of the ladder, and the covenant of God,
Gen 28:16, 17; 42:18.
The midwives of Egypt, in refusing to take the lives of the Hebrew children,
Exd 1:17, 21.
The Egyptians, at the time of the plague of thunder and hail and fire,
Exd 9:20.
The nine and one-half tribes of Israel west of the Jordan River,
Jos 22:15-20.
Phinehas, in turning away the anger of God at the time of the plague,
Num 25:11; with Num 25:6-15.
Obadiah, in sheltering one-hundred prophets against the wrath of Jezebel,
1Ki 18:3, 4.
Jehoshaphat, in proclaiming a feast, when the land was about to be invaded by the armies of the Ammonites and Moabites,
2Ch 20:3.
Nehemiah, in his reform of the public administration,
Neh 5:15.
Hanani, which qualified him to be ruler over Jerusalem,
Neh 7:2.
Job, according to the testimony of Satan,
Job 1:8.
David,
Psa 5:7; 119:38.
Hezekiah, in his treatment of the prophet Micah, who prophesied harm against Jerusalem,
Jer 26:19.
Jonah, during the storm,
Jon 1:9.
The Jews, in obeying the voice of the Lord,
Hag 1:12.
Levi, in receiving the covenant of life and peace,
Hag 1:5.
The women at the grave,
Mat 28:8.
Cornelius, who revered God with all his house,
Act 10:2.
See CONVICTION OF SIN; FAITH.