Dictionary entry

REVERENCE

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

→ 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

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