Proverbs 29:25

Fearing other people becomes a trap, but trusting in the LORD brings safety.

Cross-references · 33

• Ps 118:8It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
• Luke 12:4I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
• Prov 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
• Ps 91:14“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.
• Prov 16:20Whoever heeds instruction will find success, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.
• John 12:42–43Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.
• Prov 30:5Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
• Ps 125:1A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
• 2 Tim 4:16–17At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
• 1 Pet 1:21Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.
• Matt 10:28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
• John 9:22His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
• Matt 26:69–74Meanwhile, Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him. “You also were with Jesus the Galilean,” she said.
• 1 Chr 5:20And because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their prayers.
• Gen 20:11Abraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’
• John 3:2He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
• Isa 57:11Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?
• Gen 20:2Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
• Gal 2:11–13When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood to be condemned.
• 1 Sam 15:24Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
• John 19:12–13From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”
• Gen 26:7But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”
• Dan 6:23The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den, and when Daniel was lifted out of the den, no wounds whatsoever were found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
• Prov 28:25A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
• Eccl 7:18It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
• Exod 32:22–24“Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.
• Gen 12:11–13As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
• 1 Kgs 19:3And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
• 1 Sam 27:11David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
• Ps 69:29But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.
• Matt 15:12Then the disciples came to Him and said, “Are You aware that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
• 1 Sam 27:1David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
• Dan 3:28Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.

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