Proverbs 1:7Job 28:28Psalm 19:9Deuteronomy 32:6Hosea 11:1Isaiah 1:263:1664:8Genesis 31:42,53

A holy fear is enjoined also in the New Testament as a preventive of carelessness in religion, and as an incentive to penitence (Matthew 10:28; 2 Corinthians 5:11; 7:1; Philippians 2:12; Ephesians 5:21; Hebrews 12:28,29 ).