Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Dread’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Dread’ occurs 69 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Dread’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 15:12 And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a dread, great and dark, invaded him.Genesis 15:12
Number of the word / term Dread in Genesis: 1
Bible passages with ‘Dread’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 15:16 Let fear and dread fall upon them, by the magnitude of your arm. Let them become immobilized like stone, until your people cross through, O Lord, until this, your people whom you possess, cross through.Exodus 15:16
Exodus 20:20 And Moses said to the people: “Do not be afraid. For God came in order to test you, and so that the dread of him might be with you, and you would not sin.”Exodus 20:20
Number of the word / term Dread in Exodus: 2
Bible passages with ‘Dread’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 2:25 Today I will begin to send the terror and dread of you among the peoples who are living under all of heaven, so that, when they hear your name, they may be afraid, and may tremble in the manner of a woman giving birth, and may be gripped by anguish.’Deuteronomy 2:25
Deuteronomy 7:19 the very great plagues, which your eyes saw, and the signs and wonders, and the powerful hand and outstretched arm, by which the Lord your God led you away. So will he do to all the peoples, whom you dread.Deuteronomy 7:19
Deuteronomy 11:25 No one will stand against you. The Lord your God will spread the terror and dread of you over all the land upon which you shall tread, just as he has spoken to you.Deuteronomy 11:25
Deuteronomy 20:3 ‘Listen, O Israel! Today you engage in a battle against your enemies. Do not let your heart be overwhelmed with fear. Do not be apprehensive. Do not yield. You should have no dread of them.Deuteronomy 20:3
Deuteronomy 28:67 In the morning you will say, ‘Who will grant evening to me?’ and at evening, ‘Who will grant morning to me?’ because of the dread of your heart, with which you will be terrified, and because of those things that you will see with your eyes.Deuteronomy 28:67
Deuteronomy 31:6 Act manfully and be strengthened. Do not be afraid, and do not dread at the sight of them. For the Lord your God himself is your commander, and he will neither dismiss nor abandon you.”Deuteronomy 31:6
Deuteronomy 31:8 And the Lord, who is your commander, will himself be with you. He will neither renounce nor abandon you. Do not be afraid, and do not dread.”Deuteronomy 31:8
Deuteronomy 32:25 Outside, the sword will devastate them; and inside, there will be dread, as much for the young man as for the maiden, and as much for the newborn as for the old man.Deuteronomy 32:25
Number of the word / term Dread in Deuteronomy: 8
Bible passages with ‘Dread’ in the book Joshua
Joshua 1:9 Behold, I am instructing you. Be strengthened, and be steadfast. Do not dread, and do not fear. For the Lord your God is with you in all things, wherever you may go.”Joshua 1:9
Joshua 8:1 Then the Lord said to Joshua: “You should not fear, and you should not dread. Take with you the entire multitude of fighters, and rising up, ascend to the town of Ai. Behold, I have delivered into your hand its king and people, and the city and the land.Joshua 8:1
Joshua 9:24 And they responded: “It was reported to us, your servants, that the Lord your God had promised his servant Moses that he would give you the entire land, and that he would destroy all its inhabitants. Therefore, we were very afraid, and we made a provision for our lives, compelled by the dread of you, and we undertook this counsel.Joshua 9:24
Joshua 10:25 he spoke to them again: “Do not be afraid, and do not dread. Be strengthened and be steadfast. For so will the Lord do to all your enemies, against whom you fight.”Joshua 10:25
Number of the word / term Dread in Joshua: 4
Bible passages with ‘Dread’ in the book Judges
Judges 7:3 Speak to the people, and proclaim in the hearing of all, ‘Whoever has dread or fear, let him return.’ And twenty-two thousand of the men from the people withdrew from Mount Gilead and returned, and only ten thousand remained.Judges 7:3
Judges 7:10 But if you dread to go alone, let your servant Purah descend with you.Judges 7:10
Number of the word / term Dread in Judges: 2
Bible passages with ‘Dread’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 2:10 The adversaries of the Lord will dread him. And over them, he will thunder in the heavens. The Lord will judge the parts of the earth, and he will give dominion to his king, and he will lift up the horn of his Christ.”1 Samuel 2:10
Number of the word / term Dread in 1 Samuel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Dread’ in the book 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 22:13 For then you will be able to advance, if you keep the commandments and judgments that the Lord instructed Moses to teach to Israel. Be strengthened and act manfully. You should not fear, and you should not dread.1 Chronicles 22:13
Number of the word / term Dread in 1 Chronicles: 1
Bible passages with ‘Dread’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 32:7 “Act manfully and be strengthened. Do not be afraid. Neither should you dread the king of the Assyrians and the entire multitude that is with him. For many more are with us than with him.2 Chronicles 32:7
Number of the word / term Dread in 2 Chronicles: 1
Bible passages with ‘Dread’ in the book Job
Job 3:25 for the terror that I feared has happened to me, and so has the dread befallen me.Job 3:25
Job 5:22 In desolation and in famine, you will laugh, and you will not dread the beasts of the earth.Job 5:22
Job 7:14 then you will frighten me with dreams, and strike dread through visions,Job 7:14
Job 13:11 As soon as he moves himself, he will disturb you, and his dread will fall over you.Job 13:11
Job 13:21 Take your hand far away from me, and do not let your dread terrify me.Job 13:21
Job 32:15 Then they were filled with dread, and so they no longer responded, and they withdrew from their speechmaking.Job 32:15
Number of the word / term Dread in Job: 6
Bible passages with ‘Dread’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 31:11 I have become a disgrace among all my enemies, and even more so to my neighbors, and a dread to my acquaintances. Those who catch sight of me, flee away from me.Psalm 31:11
Psalm 55:4 My heart has become disturbed within me, and the dread of death has fallen over me.Psalm 55:4
Psalm 104:7 At your rebuke, they will flee. At the voice of your thunder, they will dread.Psalm 104:7
Number of the word / term Dread in Psalm: 3
Bible passages with ‘Dread’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 20:2 Just like the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king. Whoever provokes him sins in his own soul.Proverbs 20:2
Proverbs 21:15 It is gladness for the just to do judgment; and it is dread for those who work iniquity.Proverbs 21:15
Proverbs 28:1 The impious flees, though no one pursues. But the just, like a confident lion, shall be without dread.Proverbs 28:1
Number of the word / term Dread in Proverbs: 3
Bible passages with ‘Dread’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 12:5 Likewise, they will fear the things above them, and they will dread the way. The almond tree will flourish; the locust will be fattened; and the caper plant will scattered, because man shall go into the house of his eternity, and the mourners shall wander around in the street.Ecclesiastes 12:5
Number of the word / term Dread in Ecclesiastes: 1
Bible passages with ‘Dread’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 2:19 And they will go into the caves of the rocks, and into the caverns of the earth, from the presence of the dread of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he will have risen up to strike the earth.Isaiah 2:19
Isaiah 2:21 And so he will go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the caverns of stone, from the presence of the dread of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he will have risen up to strike the earth.Isaiah 2:21
Isaiah 7:4 And you shall say to him: “See to it that you are silent. Do not be afraid. And have no dread in your heart over the two tails of these firebrands, nearly extinguished, which are the wrath of the fury of Rezin, king of Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.”Isaiah 7:4
Isaiah 8:13 Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself. Let him be your dread, and let him be your fear.Isaiah 8:13
Isaiah 19:17 And the land of Judah will be a dread to Egypt. Everyone who thinks about it will be terrified before the presence of the plan of the Lord of hosts, the plan which he has decided concerning them.Isaiah 19:17
Isaiah 24:18 And this shall be: whoever will flee from the voice of dread will fall into the pit. And whoever will extricate himself from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the floodgates from above have been opened, and the foundations of the earth will be shaken.Isaiah 24:18
Isaiah 30:31 For at the voice of the Lord, Assur will dread being struck with the staff.Isaiah 30:31
Isaiah 31:4 For the Lord says this to me: In the same way that a lion roars, and a young lion is over his prey, and though a multitude of shepherds may meet him, he will not dread their voice, nor be afraid of their number, so will the Lord of hosts descend in order to battle upon mount Zion and upon its hill.Isaiah 31:4
Isaiah 51:7 Listen to me, you who know what is just, my people who have my law in their heart. Do not be afraid of disgrace among men, and do not dread their blasphemies.Isaiah 51:7
Isaiah 51:13 And have you forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who extended the heavens, and who founded the earth? And have you been in constant dread, all day long, at the face of his fury, of the one who afflicted you and who had prepared to destroy you? Where is the fury of the oppressor now?Isaiah 51:13
Number of the word / term Dread in Isaiah: 10
Bible passages with ‘Dread’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 1:17 Therefore, you should gird your waist, and rise up, and speak to them everything that I instruct you. You should not have dread before their face. For I will cause you to be unafraid of their countenance.Jeremiah 1:17
Jeremiah 5:24 And they have not said in their heart: ‘Let us dread the Lord our God, who gives us the timely and the late rains, in their proper time, who guards the full measure of the yearly harvest for us.’Jeremiah 5:24
Jeremiah 8:15 We expected peace, but there was nothing good. We expected a time of health, and behold, dread.”Jeremiah 8:15
Jeremiah 10:2 Thus says the Lord: “Do not choose to learn according to the ways of the Gentiles. And do not be willing to dread the signs of heaven, which the Gentiles fear.Jeremiah 10:2
Jeremiah 17:17 May you not be a dread to me. You are my hope in the day of affliction.Jeremiah 17:17
Jeremiah 22:25 And I will deliver you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of those whose face you dread, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.Jeremiah 22:25
Jeremiah 23:4 And I will raise up shepherds over them, and they will pasture them. They will no longer dread, and they will no longer fear. And no one among their number will be seeking more, says the Lord.Jeremiah 23:4
Jeremiah 30:5 For thus says the Lord: ‘We have heard a voice of terror. There is dread, and there is no peace.’Jeremiah 30:5
Jeremiah 30:10 Therefore, O my servant Jacob, you should not be afraid, says the Lord, and you should not be frightened, O Israel. For behold, I will save you from a far away land, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. And Jacob will return and have rest, and he shall flow with every good thing. And there will be no one for him to dread.Jeremiah 30:10
Jeremiah 39:17 And I will free you in that day, says the Lord. And you will not be delivered into the hands of the men whom you dread.Jeremiah 39:17
Jeremiah 42:11 Do not be afraid before the face of the king of Babylon, whom you have dreaded with great fear. Do not dread him, says the Lord. For I am with you, so that I may accomplish your salvation, and so that I may rescue you from his hand.Jeremiah 42:11
Jeremiah 42:16 the sword which you dread will overtake you there, in the land of Egypt, and the famine, about which you are anxious, will cling to you in Egypt, and there you shall die.Jeremiah 42:16
Jeremiah 46:27 And as for you, my servant Jacob, you should not be afraid, and you should not dread, O Israel. For behold, I will bring your salvation from afar, and your offspring from the land of your captivity. And Jacob will return and have rest, and he will prosper. And there will be no one who may terrify him.Jeremiah 46:27
Number of the word / term Dread in Jeremiah: 13
Bible passages with ‘Dread’ in the book Lamentations
Lamentations 3:47 PHE. Prediction has become for us a dread, and a snare, and a grief.Lamentations 3:47
Number of the word / term Dread in Lamentations: 1
Bible passages with ‘Dread’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 2:6 But as for you, son of man, you should not fear them, and you should not dread their words. For you are among unbelievers and subversives, and you are living with scorpions. You should not fear their words, and you should not dread their faces. For they are a provoking house.Ezekiel 2:6
Ezekiel 3:9 I have made your face like hardened iron and like flint. You should not fear them, and you should not have dread before their face. For they are a provoking house.”Ezekiel 3:9
Ezekiel 7:18 And they will wrap themselves with haircloth, and dread will cover them. And shame will be upon every face, and baldness will be upon all of their heads.Ezekiel 7:18
Ezekiel 11:8 You have dread the sword, and so I will lead the sword over you, says the Lord God.Ezekiel 11:8
Ezekiel 24:21 ‘Speak to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will defile my sanctuary, the pride of your realm, and the desire of your eyes, and the dread of your soul. Your sons and your daughters, whom you have forsaken, will fall by the sword.’Ezekiel 24:21
Ezekiel 30:4 And the sword will come to Egypt. And there will be dread in Ethiopia, when the wounded will have fallen in Egypt, and its multitude will have been taken away, and its foundations will have been destroyed.Ezekiel 30:4
Ezekiel 30:9 In that day, messengers will go forth from my face in Greek warships, in order to crush the confidence of Ethiopia. And there will be dread among them in the day of Egypt; for without doubt, it will happen.Ezekiel 30:9
Number of the word / term Dread in Ezekiel: 7
Bible passages with ‘Dread’ in the book Hosea
Hosea 11:10 They will walk after the Lord; he will roar like a lion. For he himself will roar, and the sons of the sea will dread.Hosea 11:10
Number of the word / term Dread in Hosea: 1
Bible passages with ‘Dread’ in the book Micah
Micah 7:17 They will lick the dust like serpents, and, like the creeping things of the earth, they will be disturbed in their houses. They will dread the Lord our God, and they will fear you.Micah 7:17
Number of the word / term Dread in Micah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Dread’ in the book Acts
Acts 20:24 But I dread none of these things. Neither do I consider my life to be more precious because it is my own, provided that in some way I may complete my own course and that of the ministry of the Word, which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the Gospel of the grace of God.Acts 20:24
Number of the word / term Dread in Acts: 1
Bible passages with ‘Dread’ in the book Titus
Titus 2:8 with sound words, irreproachably, so that he who is an opponent may dread that he has nothing evil to say about us.Titus 2:8
Number of the word / term Dread in Titus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Dread’ in the book 2 Peter
2 Peter 2:10 even more so, those who walk after the flesh in unclean desires, and who despise proper authority. Boldly pleasing themselves, they do not dread to introduce divisions by blaspheming;2 Peter 2:10
Number of the word / term ‘Dread’ in 2 Peter: 1
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