Matthew 10:28

Fear God, who holds eternal destinies, rather than people who can only kill the body. Right fear of God conquers the fear of man.

Cross-references · 28

• Luke 12:4–5“I tell you, my friends, don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
• Isa 8:12–13“Don’t say, ‘A conspiracy!’ concerning all about which this people say, ‘A conspiracy!’ neither fear their threats, nor be terrorized.
• Rev 2:10Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.
• Jas 4:12Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?
• Rom 8:35–39Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
• Eccl 8:12–13Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.
• Isa 51:12“I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who will be made as grass?
• Jer 5:22Don’t you fear me?’ says Yahweh ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can’t pass it? and though its waves toss themselves, yet they can’t prevail; though they roar, yet they can’t pass over it.’
• Heb 12:28–29Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,
• Rev 20:10–15The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
• 1 Pet 3:14But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”
• Eccl 5:7For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words: but you must fear God.
• Isa 51:7“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law: Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults.
• Acts 20:23–24except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.
• Isa 66:2For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but to this man will I look, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
• Ps 119:120My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments. AYIN
• 2 Tim 4:6–8For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come.
• Matt 25:46These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
• 2 Th 1:8–10giving vengeance to those who don’t know God, and to those who don’t obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,
• Luke 16:22–26The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.
• Heb 10:31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
• Dan 3:10–18You, O king, have made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;
• Matt 10:26Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.
• Acts 21:13Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
• Mark 9:43–48If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,
• Heb 11:35Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.
• Matt 5:22But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment; and whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.
• John 5:29and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.

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