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What Does the Bible Say About Reverence?

Here are 8 Bible verses about reverence, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

#1Hebrews 12:28
Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
BSBTherefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
#21 Peter 2:17
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
BSBTreat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
#3Hebrews 5:7
Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
BSBDuring the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
#4Leviticus 26:2
Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.
BSBYou must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.
#5Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
BSBThe fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
#6Psalms 89:7
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
BSBIn the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
#7Exodus 3:5
And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
BSB“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
#8Leviticus 19:30
Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.
BSBYou must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.

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Reverence in Nave's Topical Bible

REVERENCEGe 35:5: Ex 18:21; 20:18-20; Le 22:32; De 4:10; 5:29; 6:2,13; 10:12,20,21; 13:4; 14:23; 28:49,58; Jos 4:24; 24:14; 1Sa 2:30; 12:14,24; 2Sa 23:3; 1Ki 8:40; 2Ki 17:28,36,39; 1Ch 16:30; 2Ch 19:7,9; Ezr 10:3; Ne 5:9; Job 28:28; 37:24; Ps 2:11; 4:4; 15:4; 19:9; 22:23,25; 25:12-14; 31:19; 33:8,18; 34:7,9; 46:10; 52:6; 60:4; 64:9; 66:16; 67:7; 72:5; 76:7; 85:9; 86:11; 89:7; 90:11; 96:4,9; 99:1; 102:15; 103:11,17; 111:5,10; 112:1; 115:11,13; 118:4; 119:63,74,79; 128:1,4; 130:4; 135:20; 145:19; 147:11; Pr 1:7; 2:5; 3:7; 8:13; 9:10; 10:27; 13:13; 14:2,16,26,27; 15:16,33; 16:6; 19:23; 22:4; 23:17; 24:21; 28:14; 31:30; Ec 3:14; 5:7; 7:18; 8:12; 12:13; Isa 2:10,19-21; 8:13; 25:3; 29:13,23; 33:6,13; 50:10; 59:19; 60:5; Jer 5:22; 10:7; 32:39,40; 33:9; Isa 3:5; Mic 7:16,17; Zep 1:7; 3:7; Zec 2:13; Mal 1:6; 3:16; 4:2; Mt 10:28; Lu 1:50; 12:5; 23:40; Ac 10:35; 13:16,26; Ro 11:20; 2Co 7:1; Eph 5:21; 6:5; Php 2:12; Col 3:22; Heb 5:5,7; 12:28,29; Jas 2:19; 1Pe 1:17; 2:17,18; 3:2,15; 1Jo 4:16-18; Re 11:18; 14:7; 19:5
Conspicuous Instances Of Those Who Feared
Noah, in preparing the ark: Heb 11:7
Abraham, tested in the offering of his son Isaac: Ge 22:12
Jacob, in the vision of the ladder, and the covenant of God: Ge 28:16,17; 42:18
The midwives of Egypt, in refusing to take the lives of the Hebrew children: Ex 1:17,21
The Egyptians, at the time of the plague of thunder and hail and fire: Ex 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: Nu 25:11; with 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: Ne 5:15
Hanani, which qualified him to be ruler over Jerusalem: Ne 7:2
Job, according to the testimony of Satan: Job 1:8
David: Ps 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: Mt 28:8
Cornelius, who revered God with all his house: Ac 10:2
See: CONVICTION OF SIN
See: FAITH
CULTIVATED: Ex 3:5; 19:12,13; Heb 12:18-24
GUILTY: Job 5:20-25; 18:11; Pr 1:24-27; 10:24; Da 5:6; Jas 2:19
Instances Of Guilty Fear
Adam and Eve: Ge 3:8-13
The guards at Jesus' tomb: Mt 28:4
Judas: Mt 27:3-5
Demons: Jas 2:19
See: CONVICTION, OF SIN
A MOTIVE OF OBEDIENCE: Le 19:14,32; 25:17,36,43; Nu 32:15; De 6:13-15; 7:4; 8:5,6; 10:12,13,20; 13:4,6-11; 14:23; 15:9; 17:11-13; 19:16-20; 21:18-21; 28:14-68; 31:11-13; Jos 23:11-16; 1Sa 12:14,15,24,25; Job 13:21; 31:1-4,13-15,23; Pr 16:6; Isa 1:20; Jer 4:4; 22:5; Mt 10:28; Lu 12:4,5; 2Co 5:10,11; 2Ti 4:1,2; 2Pe 3:10-12; Re 14:9,10
See: PUNISHMENT, DESIGN OF, TO SECURE OBEDIENCE
See: REWARD, A MOTIVE FOR FAITHFULNESS

Reverence in Nave's Topical Bible

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