18 Verses About Dread from 12 Books

1_Samuel 11:7

He took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, "Whoever doesn't come forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen." The dread of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out as one man.

Additions_to_Esther 9:6

Then, having passed through all the doors, she stood before the king, who sat upon his royal throne and was clothed with all his robes of majesty, all glittering with gold and precious stones; and he was very dreadful.

Daniel 9:4

I prayed to the LORD my God, and made confession, and said, Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments,

Deuteronomy 1:29

Then I said to you, "Don't dread, neither be afraid of them.

Deuteronomy 2:25

This day will I begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole sky, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of you."

Deuteronomy 11:25

No man shall be able to stand before you: the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you on all the land that you shall tread on, as he has spoken to you.

Deuteronomy 32:17

They sacrificed to demons, [which were] no God, to gods that they didn't know, to new [gods] that came up of late, which your fathers didn't dread.



Exodus 15:16

Terror and dread falls on them. By the greatness of your arm they are as still as a stone-- until your people pass over, the LORD, until the people pass over who you have purchased.

Ezekiel 1:18

As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and the four of them had their rims full of eyes all around.

Genesis 9:2

The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that the ground teems with, and all the fish of the sea are delivered into your hand.

Genesis 28:17

He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven."

Habakkuk 1:7

They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

Isaiah 8:13

the LORD of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.

Isaiah 25:4

For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the dreaded ones is like a storm against the wall.



Isaiah 25:5

As the heat in a dry place will you bring down the noise of strangers; as the heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the dreaded ones will be brought low.

Job 13:11

Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall on you?

Judith 2:28

Therefore the fear and dread of him fell upon all the inhabitants of the sea coasts, who were in Sidon and Tyrus, and those who lived in Sur and Ocina, and all who lived in Jemnaan. And those who lived in Azotus and Ascalon feared him greatly.

Psalms 119:39

Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.





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