Ps 3:6 6 I will not fear the tens of thousands drawn up against me on every side.

NIV Ps 23:4 4 Even though I wal through the valley of the shadow of death! I will fear no evil! for you are with me" your rod and your staff! they #omfort me. NIV Ps 2$:%&3 'he ()*+ is my light and my salvation , whom shall I fear 'he ()*+ is the stronghold of my life , of whom shall I .e afraid2 /hen evil men advan#e against me to devour my flesh! when my enemies and my foes atta# me! they will stum.le and fall. 3 'hough an army .esiege me! my heart will not fear " though war .rea out against me! even then will I .e #onfident. NIV Ps 46:%&3 0od is our refuge and strength! an ever&present help in trou.le. 2 'herefore we will not fear ! though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea! 3 though its waters roar and foam and the mountains 1ua e with their surging. NIV Ps 42:3&2 3 /hy should I fear when evil days #ome! when wi# ed de#eivers surround me , Ps 2%:% 4e who dwells in the shelter of the 5ost 4igh will rest in the shadow of the 6lmighty.

2 I will say of the ()*+! 74e is my refuge and my fortress!my 0od! in whom I trust.7 3 8urely he will save you from the fowler9s snare and from the deadly pestilen#e. 4 4e will #over you with his feathers!and under his wings you will find refuge"his faithfulness will .e your shield and rampart. 3 :ou will not fear the terror of night!nor the arrow that flies .y day! 6 nor the pestilen#e that stal s in the dar ness!nor the plague that destroys at midday. $ 6 thousand may fall at your side!ten thousand at your right hand!.ut it will not #ome near you. ; :ou will only o.serve with your eyes and see the punishment of the wi# ed. 2 If you ma e the 5ost 4igh your dwelling , even the ()*+! who is my refuge , %< then no harm will .efall you!no disaster will #ome near your tent. %% =or he will #ommand his angels #on#erning you to guard you in all your ways" %2 they will lift you up in their hands!so that you will not stri e your foot against a stone. %3 :ou will tread upon the lion and the #o.ra"you will trample the great lion and the serpent. %4 7>e#ause he loves me!7 says the ()*+! 7I will res#ue him"I will prote#t him! for he a# nowledges my name. %3 4e will #all upon me! and I will answer him"I will .e with him in trou.le!I will deliver him and honor him. %6 /ith long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation.7

NIV Ps %%2:2 Praise the ()*+. >lessed is the man who fears the ()*+!who finds great delight in his #ommands. 2 4is #hildren will .e mighty in the land"the generation of the upright will .e .lessed. 3 /ealth and ri#hes are in his house!and his righteousness endures forever. 4 Even in dar ness light dawns for the upright!for the gra#ious and #ompassionate and righteous man. 3 0ood will #ome to him who is generous and lends freely!who #ondu#ts his affairs with ?usti#e. 6 8urely he will never .e sha en" a righteous man will .e remem.ered forever. $ 4e will have no fear of .ad news" his heart is steadfast! trusting in the ()*+. ; 4is heart is se#ure! he will have no fear "in the end he will loo in triumph on his foes. 2 4e has s#attered a.road his gifts to the poor! his righteousness endures forever" his horn will .e lifted high in honor. NIV Prov %:33 33 .ut whoever listens to me will live in safety and .e at ease! without fear of harm.7 NIV

Prov %2:23 23 'he fear of the ()*+ leads to life: 'hen one rests #ontent! untou#hed .y trou.le. NIV Prov 22:23 23 =ear of man will prove to .e a snare! .ut whoever trusts in the ()*+ is ept safe. NIV Isa ;:%2&%3 %2 7+o not #all #onspira#y everything that these people #all #onspira#y" do not fear what they fear ! and do not dread it. %3 'he ()*+ 6lmighty is the one you are to regard as holy! he is the one you are to fear ! he is the one you are to dread! %4 and he will .e a san#tuary" .ut for .oth houses of Israel he will .e a stone that #auses men to stum.le and a ro# that ma es them fall. 6nd for the people of @erusalem he will .e a trap and a snare. %3 5any of them will stum.le" they will fall and .e .ro en! they will .e snared and #aptured.7 NIV Isa 33:3&4 3 8trengthen the fee.le hands! steady the nees that give way" 4 say to those with fearful hearts! 7>e strong! do not fear " your 0od will #ome! he will #ome with vengean#e" with divine retri.ution he will #ome to save you.7 NIV

Isa 4%:%<&%6 %< 8o do not fear ! for I am with you" do not .e dismayed! for I am your 0od. I will strengthen you and help you" I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. %% 76ll who rage against you will surely .e ashamed and disgra#ed" those who oppose you will .e as nothing and perish. %2 'hough you sear#h for your enemies! you will not find them. 'hose who wage war against you will .e as nothing at all. %3 =or I am the ()*+! your 0od! who ta es hold of your right hand and says to you! +o not fear "I will help you. %4 +o not .e afraid! ) worm @a#o.! ) little Israel! for I myself will help you!7 de#lares the ()*+! your *edeemer! the 4oly )ne of Israel. %3 78ee! I will ma e you into a threshing sledge! new and sharp! with many teeth. :ou will thresh the mountains and #rush them! and redu#e the hills to #haff. %6 :ou will winnow them! the wind will pi# them up! and a gale will .low them away. >ut you will re?oi#e in the ()*+ and glory in the 4oly )ne of Israel. NIV Isa 43:%&2 >ut now! this is what the ()*+ says , he who #reated you! ) @a#o.! he who formed you! ) Israel: 7=ear not! for I have redeemed you" I have summoned you .y name" you are mine. 2 /hen you pass through the waters! I will .e with you" and when you pass through the rivers! they will not sweep over you. /hen you wal through the fire! you will not .e .urned" the flames will not set you a.laAe. NIV Isa 3%:$&; $ 74ear me! you who now what is right! you people who have my law in your hearts: +o not fear the reproa#h of men or .e terrified .y their insults. ; =or the moth will eat them up li e a garment" the worm will devour them li e wool. >ut my righteousness will last forever! my salvation through all generations.7 NIV

Isa 34:4&3 4 7+o not .e afraid" you will not suffer shame. +o not fear disgra#e" you will not .e humiliated. :ou will forget the shame of your youth and remem.er no more the reproa#h of your widowhood. 3 =or your 5a er is your hus.and , the ()*+ 6lmighty is his name , the 4oly )ne of Israel is your *edeemer" he is #alled the 0od of all the earth. NIV Isa 34:%4&%3 %4 In righteousness you will .e esta.lished: 'yranny will .e far from you" you will have nothing to fear . 'error will .e far removed" it will not #ome near you. %3 If anyone does atta# you! it will not .e my doing" whoever atta# s you will surrender to you. NIV @er %$:$&; $ 7>ut .lessed is the man who trusts in the ()*+! whose #onfiden#e is in him. ; 4e will .e li e a tree planted .y the water that sends out its roots .y the stream. It does not fear when heat #omes" its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to .ear fruit.7 NIV @er 3<:%<&%% %< 798o do not fear ! ) @a#o. my servant" do not .e dismayed! ) Israel!9 de#lares the ()*+. 9I will surely save you out of a distant pla#e! your des#endants from the land of their eBile. @a#o. will again have pea#e and se#urity! and no one will ma e him afraid. %% I am with you and will save you!9

de#lares the ()*+. 9'hough I #ompletely destroy all the nations among whi#h I s#atter you! I will not #ompletely destroy you. I will dis#ipline you .ut only with ?usti#e" I will not let you go entirely unpunished.9 NIV % Peter 3:%3&%3 %3 /ho is going to harm you if you are eager to do good- %4 >ut even if you should suffer for what is right! you are .lessed. 7+o not fear what they fear " do not .e frightened.7 %3 >ut in your hearts set apart Christ as (ord. NIV % @ohn 4:%$&%; %; 'here is no fear in love. >ut perfe#t love drives out fear ! .e#ause fear has to do with punishment. 'he one who fears is not made perfe#t in love. NIV 0en %3:% %3:% 6fter this! the word of the ()*+ #ame to 6.ram in a vision: 7+o not .e afraid ! 6.ram. I am your shield! your very great reward.7 NIV 0en 2%:%$&%; %$ 0od heard the .oy #rying! and the angel of 0od #alled to 4agar from heaven and said to her! 7/hat is the matter! 4agar- +o not .e afraid " 0od has heard the .oy #rying as he lies there. %; (ift the .oy up and ta e him .y the hand! for I will ma e him into a great nation.7 NIV 0en 26:24 24 'hat night the ()*+ appeared to him and said! 7I am the 0od of your father 6.raham. +o not .e afraid ! for I am with you" I will .less you and will in#rease the num.er of your des#endants for the sa e of my servant 6.raham.7 NIV EB %4:%3&%4

%3 5oses answered the people! 7+o not .e afraid . 8tand firm and you will see the deliveran#e the ()*+ will .ring you today. 'he Egyptians you see today you will never see again. %4 'he ()*+ will fight for you" you need only to .e still.7 NIV EB 2<:2< 2< 5oses said to the people! 7+o not .e afraid . 0od has #ome to test you! so that the fear of 0od will .e with you to eep you from sinning.7 NIV (ev 26:6&; 6 79I will grant pea#e in the land! and you will lie down and no one will ma e you afraid . I will remove savage .easts from the land! and the sword will not pass through your #ountry. $ :ou will pursue your enemies! and they will fall .y the sword .efore you. ; =ive of you will #hase a hundred! and a hundred of you will #hase ten thousand! and your enemies will fall .y the sword .efore you. NIV Num %4:6&2 6 @oshua son of Nun and Cale. son of @ephunneh! who were among those who had eBplored the land! tore their #lothes $ and said to the entire Israelite assem.ly! 7'he land we passed through and eBplored is eB#eedingly good. ; If the ()*+ is pleased with us! he will lead us into that land! a land flowing with mil and honey! and will give it to us. 2 )nly do not re.el against the ()*+. 6nd do not .e afraid of the people of the land! .e#ause we will swallow them up. 'heir prote#tion is gone! .ut the ()*+ is with us. +o not .e afraid of them.7 NIV +eut %:2% 2% 8ee! the ()*+ your 0od has given you the land. 0o up and ta e possession of it as the ()*+! the 0od of your fathers! told you. +o not .e afraid " do not .e dis#ouraged.7 NIV +eut %:22&3% 22 'hen I said to you! 7+o not .e terrified" do not .e afraid of them. 3< 'he ()*+ your 0od! who is going .efore you! will fight for you! as he did for you in Egypt! .efore your very eyes! 3% and in the desert. 'here you saw how the ()*+ your 0od #arried you! as a father #arries his son! all the way you went until you rea#hed this pla#e.7 NIV +eut 3:2%&22

2% 6t that time I #ommanded @oshua: 7:ou have seen with your own eyes all that the ()*+ your 0od has done to these two ings. 'he ()*+ will do the same to all the ingdoms over there where you are going. 22 +o not .e afraid of them" the ()*+ your 0od himself will fight for you.7 NIV +eut 2<:%&4 2<:% /hen you go to war against your enemies and see horses and #hariots and an army greater than yours! do not .e afraid of them! .e#ause the ()*+ your 0od! who .rought you up out of Egypt! will .e with you. 2 /hen you are a.out to go into .attle! the priest shall #ome forward and address the army. 3 4e shall say: 74ear! ) Israel! today you are going into .attle against your enemies. +o not .e fainthearted or afraid " do not .e terrified or give way to pani# .efore them. 4 =or the ()*+ your 0od is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you vi#tory.7 NIV +eut 3%:6 6 >e strong and #ourageous. +o not .e afraid or terrified .e#ause of them! for the ()*+ your 0od goes with you" he will never leave you nor forsa e you.7 NIV +eut 3%:$&; $ 'hen 5oses summoned @oshua and said to him in the presen#e of all Israel! 7>e strong and #ourageous! for you must go with this people into the land that the ()*+ swore to their forefathers to give them! and you must divide it among them as their inheritan#e. ; 'he ()*+ himself goes .efore you and will .e with you" he will never leave you nor forsa e you. +o not .e afraid " do not .e dis#ouraged.7 NIV @osh %:6&2 6 7>e strong and #ourageous! .e#ause you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. $ >e strong and very #ourageous. >e #areful to o.ey all the law my servant 5oses gave you" do not turn from it to the right or to the left! that you may .e su##essful wherever you go. ; +o not let this >oo of the (aw depart from your mouth" meditate on it day and night! so that you may .e #areful to do everything written in it. 'hen you will .e prosperous and su##essful. 2 4ave I not #ommanded you- >e strong and #ourageous. +o not .e terrified" do not .e dis#ouraged! for the ()*+ your 0od will .e with you wherever you go.7 NIV 2 Dings 6:%6

%6 7+on9t .e afraid !7 the prophet answered. 7'hose who are with us are more than those who are with them.7 NIV % Chron 22:%%&%3 %% 7Now! my son! the ()*+ .e with you! and may you have su##ess and .uild the house of the ()*+ your 0od! as he said you would. %2 5ay the ()*+ give you dis#retion and understanding when he puts you in #ommand over Israel! so that you may eep the law of the ()*+ your 0od. %3 'hen you will have su##ess if you are #areful to o.serve the de#rees and laws that the ()*+ gave 5oses for Israel. >e strong and #ourageous. +o not .e afraid or dis#ouraged. NIV % Chron 2;:2< 2< +avid also said to 8olomon his son! 7>e strong and #ourageous! and do the wor . +o not .e afraid or dis#ouraged! for the ()*+ 0od! my 0od! is with you. 4e will not fail you or forsa e you until all the wor for the servi#e of the temple of the ()*+ is finished. NIV 2 Chron 2<:%3&%$ %3 4e said: 7(isten! Ding @ehoshaphat and all who live in @udah and @erusalemE 'his is what the ()*+ says to you: 9+o not .e afraid or dis#ouraged .e#ause of this vast army. =or the .attle is not yours! .ut 0od9s. %6 'omorrow mar#h down against them. 'hey will .e #lim.ing up .y the Pass of FiA! and you will find them at the end of the gorge in the +esert of @eruel. %$ :ou will not have to fight this .attle. 'a e up your positions" stand firm and see the deliveran#e the ()*+ will give you! ) @udah and @erusalem. +o not .e afraid " do not .e dis#ouraged. 0o out to fa#e them tomorrow! and the ()*+ will .e with you.97 NIV 2 Chron 32:$&; $ 7>e strong and #ourageous. +o not .e afraid or dis#ouraged .e#ause of the ing of 6ssyria and the vast army with him! for there is a greater power with us than with him. ; /ith him is only the arm of flesh! .ut with us is the ()*+ our 0od to help us and to fight our .attles.7 6nd the people gained #onfiden#e from what 4eAe iah the ing of @udah said. NIV Neh 4:%3&%4

%4 6fter I loo ed things over! I stood up and said to the no.les! the offi#ials and the rest of the people! 7+on9t .e afraid of them. *emem.er the (ord! who is great and awesome! and fight for your .rothers! your sons and your daughters! your wives and your homes.7 NIV Ps 36:3&4 3 /hen I am afraid ! I will trust in you. 4 In 0od! whose word I praise! in 0od I trust" I will not .e afraid . /hat #an mortal man do to meNIV Ps %%;:6&2 6 'he ()*+ is with me" I will not .e afraid . /hat #an man do to me$ 'he ()*+ is with me" he is my helper. I will loo in triumph on my enemies. ; It is .etter to ta e refuge in the ()*+ than to trust in man. 2 It is .etter to ta e refuge in the ()*+ than to trust in prin#es. NIV Prov 3:2%&26 2% 5y son! preserve sound ?udgment and dis#ernment! do not let them out of your sight" 22 they will .e life for you! an ornament to gra#e your ne# . 23 'hen you will go on your way in safety! and your foot will not stum.le" 24 when you lie down! you will not .e afraid " when you lie down! your sleep will .e sweet. 23 4ave no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overta es the wi# ed! 26 for the ()*+ will .e your #onfiden#e and will eep your foot from .eing snared. NIV Isa %2:2&3 2 8urely 0od is my salvation"

I will trust and not .e afraid . 'he ()*+! the ()*+! is my strength and my song" he has .e#ome my salvation.7 3 /ith ?oy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. NIV Isa 4%:;&%6 ; 7>ut you! ) Israel! my servant!@a#o.! whom I have #hosen!you des#endants of 6.raham my friend! 2 I too you from the ends of the earth!from its farthest #orners I #alled you.I said! 9:ou are my servant9"I have #hosen you and have not re?e#ted you. %< 8o do not fear! for I am with you"do not .e dismayed! for I am your 0od.I will strengthen you and help you"I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. %% 76ll who rage against you will surely .e ashamed and disgra#ed"those who oppose you will .e as nothing and perish. %2 'hough you sear#h for your enemies!you will not find them.'hose who wage war against you will .e as nothing at all. %3 =or I am the ()*+! your 0od!who ta es hold of your right hand and says to you! +o not fear"I will help you. %4 +o not .e afraid ! ) worm @a#o.!) little Israel!for I myself will help you!7 de#lares the ()*+!your *edeemer! the 4oly )ne of Israel. %3 78ee! I will ma e you into a threshing sledge!new and sharp! with many teeth.:ou will thresh the mountains and #rush them!and redu#e the hills to #haff. %6 :ou will winnow them! the wind will pi# them up!and a gale will .low them away.>ut you will re?oi#e in the ()*+ and glory in the 4oly )ne of Israel. NIV Isa 43:%&$ >ut now! this is what the ()*+ says , he who #reated you! ) @a#o.!he who formed you! ) Israel:7=ear not! for I have redeemed you"I have summoned you .y name" you are mine. 2 /hen you pass through the waters!I will .e with you"and when you pass through the rivers!they will not sweep over you./hen you wal through the fire!you will not .e .urned"the flames will not set you a.laAe. 3 =or I am the ()*+! your 0od!the 4oly )ne of Israel! your 8avior"I give Egypt for your ransom!Cush and 8e.a in your stead. 4 8in#e you are pre#ious and honored in my sight!and .e#ause I love you!I will give men in eB#hange for you!and people in eB#hange for your life. 3 +o not .e afraid ! for I am with you"I will .ring your #hildren from the east and gather you from the west. 6 I will say to the north! 90ive them upE9and to the south! 9+o not hold them .a# .9>ring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth , $ everyone who is #alled .y my name!whom I #reated for my glory!whom I formed and made.7 NIV

Isa 44:%&3 7>ut now listen! ) @a#o.! my servant! Israel! whom I have #hosen. 2 'his is what the ()*+ says , he who made you! who formed you in the wom.! and who will help you: +o not .e afraid ! ) @a#o.! my servant! @eshurun! whom I have #hosen. 3 =or I will pour water on the thirsty land! and streams on the dry ground" I will pour out my 8pirit on your offspring! and my .lessing on your des#endants. 4 'hey will spring up li e grass in a meadow! li e poplar trees .y flowing streams. 3 )ne will say! 9I .elong to the ()*+9" another will #all himself .y the name of @a#o." still another will write on his hand! 9'he ()*+9s!9 and will ta e the name Israel. NIV Isa 44:6&; 6 7'his is what the ()*+ says , Israel9s Ding and *edeemer! the ()*+ 6lmighty: I am the first and I am the last" apart from me there is no 0od. $ /ho then is li e me- (et him pro#laim it. (et him de#lare and lay out .efore me what has happened sin#e I esta.lished my an#ient people! and what is yet to #ome , yes! let him foretell what will #ome. ; +o not trem.le! do not .e afraid . +id I not pro#laim this and foretell it long ago:ou are my witnesses. Is there any 0od .esides meNo! there is no other *o# " I now not one.7 NIV @er %:4&%< 4 'he word of the ()*+ #ame to me! saying! 3 7>efore I formed you in the wom. I new you! .efore you were .orn I set you apart"

I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.7 6 76h! 8overeign ()*+!7 I said! 7I do not now how to spea " I am only a #hild.7 $ >ut the ()*+ said to me! 7+o not say! 9I am only a #hild.9 :ou must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I #ommand you. ; +o not .e afraid of them! for I am with you and will res#ue you!7 de#lares the ()*+. 2 'hen the ()*+ rea#hed out his hand and tou#hed my mouth and said to me! 7Now! I have put my words in your mouth. %< 8ee! today I appoint you over nations and ingdoms to uproot and tear down! to destroy and overthrow! to .uild and to plant.7 NIV @er 23:3&4 3 7I myself will gather the remnant of my flo# out of all the #ountries where I have driven them and will .ring them .a# to their pasture! where they will .e fruitful and in#rease in num.er. 4 I will pla#e shepherds over them who will tend them! and they will no longer .e afraid or terrified! nor will any .e missing!7 de#lares the ()*+. NIV @er 3<:;&%% ; 79 In that day!9 de#lares the ()*+ 6lmighty!9I will .rea the yo e off their ne# s and will tear off their .onds"no longer will foreigners enslave them. 2 Instead! they will serve the ()*+ their 0od and +avid their ing!whom I will raise up for them. %< 798o do not fear! ) @a#o. my servant"do not .e dismayed! ) Israel!9 de#lares the ()*+.9I will surely save you out of a distant pla#e!your des#endants from the land of their eBile.@a#o. will again have pea#e and se#urity!and no one will ma e him afraid . %% I am with you and will save you!9de#lares the ()*+.9'hough I #ompletely destroy all the nations among whi#h I s#atter you!I will not #ompletely destroy you.I will dis#ipline you .ut only with ?usti#e"I will not let you go entirely unpunished.9 NIV @er 42:%%&%2 %% +o not .e afraid of the ing of >a.ylon! whom you now fear. +o not .e afraid of him! de#lares the ()*+! for I am with you and will save you and deliver you from his hands. %2 I will show you #ompassion so that he will have #ompassion on you and restore you to your land.9 NIV @er 46:2$&2; 2$ 7+o not fear! ) @a#o. my servant" do not .e dismayed! ) Israel.

I will surely save you out of a distant pla#e! your des#endants from the land of their eBile. @a#o. will again have pea#e and se#urity! and no one will ma e him afraid . 2; +o not fear! ) @a#o. my servant! for I am with you!7 de#lares the ()*+. 7'hough I #ompletely destroy all the nations among whi#h I s#atter you! I will not #ompletely destroy you. I will dis#ipline you .ut only with ?usti#e" I will not let you go entirely unpunished.7 NIV @er 3%:46 46 +o not lose heart or .e afraid when rumors are heard in the land" one rumor #omes this year! another the neBt! rumors of violen#e in the land and of ruler against ruler. NIV EAe 2:3&; 6 6nd you! son of man! do not .e afraid of them or their words. +o not .e afraid ! though .riers and thorns are all around you and you live among s#orpions. +o not .e afraid of what they say or terrified .y them! though they are a re.ellious house. $ :ou must spea my words to them! whether they listen or fail to listen! for they are re.ellious. ; >ut you! son of man! listen to what I say to you. +o not re.el li e that re.ellious house" open your mouth and eat what I give you.7 NIV EAe 3:;&2 ; >ut I will ma e you as unyielding and hardened as they are. 2 I will ma e your forehead li e the hardest stone! harder than flint. +o not .e afraid of them or terrified .y them! though they are a re.ellious house.7 NIV EAe 34:23&3% 23 79I will ma e a #ovenant of pea#e with them and rid the land of wild .easts so that they may live in the desert and sleep in the forests in safety. 26 I will .less them and the pla#es surrounding my hill. I will send down showers in season" there will .e showers of .lessing. 2$ 'he trees of the field will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its #rops" the people will .e se#ure in their land. 'hey will now that I am the ()*+! when I .rea the .ars of their yo e and res#ue them from the hands of those who enslaved them. 2;

'hey will no longer .e plundered .y the nations! nor will wild animals devour them. 'hey will live in safety! and no one will ma e them afraid . 22 I will provide for them a land renowned for its #rops! and they will no longer .e vi#tims of famine in the land or .ear the s#orn of the nations. 3< 'hen they will now that I! the ()*+ their 0od! am with them and that they! the house of Israel! are my people! de#lares the 8overeign ()*+. 3% :ou my sheep! the sheep of my pasture! are people! and I am your 0od! de#lares the 8overeign ()*+.97 NIV +an %<:%2 %2 'hen he #ontinued! 7+o not .e afraid ! +aniel. 8in#e the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to hum.le yourself .efore your 0od! your words were heard! and I have #ome in response to them. NIV +an %<:%;&%2 %; 6gain the one who loo ed li e a man tou#hed me and gave me strength. %2 7+o not .e afraid ! ) man highly esteemed!7 he said. 7Pea#eE >e strong now" .e strong.7 NIV @oel 2:2%&24 2% >e not afraid ! ) land" .e glad and re?oi#e. 8urely the ()*+ has done great things. 22 >e not afraid ! ) wild animals! for the open pastures are .e#oming green. 'he trees are .earing their fruit" the fig tree and the vine yield their ri#hes. 23 >e glad! ) people of Fion! re?oi#e in the ()*+ your 0od! for he has given you the autumn rains in righteousness. 4e sends you a.undant showers! .oth autumn and spring rains! as .efore. 24 'he threshing floors will .e filled with grain" the vats will overflow with new wine and oil. NIV 5i# 4:%&; 4:% In the last days the mountain of the ()*+9s temple will .e esta.lished as #hief among the mountains" it will .e raised a.ove the hills! and peoples will stream to it.

2 5any nations will #ome and say! 7Come! let us go up to the mountain of the ()*+! to the house of the 0od of @a#o.. 4e will tea#h us his ways! so that we may wal in his paths.7 'he law will go out from Fion! the word of the ()*+ from @erusalem. 3 4e will ?udge .etween many peoples and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide. 'hey will .eat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hoo s. Nation will not ta e up sword against nation! nor will they train for war anymore. 4 Every man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree! and no one will ma e them afraid ! for the ()*+ 6lmighty has spo en. 3 6ll the nations may wal in the name of their gods" we will wal in the name of the ()*+ our 0od for ever and ever. 6 7In that day!7 de#lares the ()*+! 7I will gather the lame" I will assem.le the eBiles and those I have .rought to grief. $ I will ma e the lame a remnant! those driven away a strong nation. 'he ()*+ will rule over them in 5ount Fion from that day and forever. ; 6s for you! ) wat#htower of the flo# ! ) stronghold of the +aughter of Fion! the former dominion will .e restored to you" ingship will #ome to the +aughter of @erusalem.7 NIV Feph 3:%2&%3 %2 >ut I will leave within you the mee and hum.le! who trust in the name of the ()*+. %3 'he remnant of Israel will do no wrong" they will spea no lies! nor will de#eit .e found in their mouths. 'hey will eat and lie down and no one will ma e them afraid .7 NIV Fe#h ;:%2&%$ %2 7'he seed will grow well! the vine will yield its fruit! the ground will produ#e its #rops! and the heavens will drop their dew. I will give all these things as an inheritan#e to the remnant of this people. %3 6s you have .een an o.?e#t of #ursing among the nations! ) @udah and Israel! so will I save you! and you will .e a .lessing. +o not .e afraid ! .ut let your hands .e strong.7 %4 'his is what the ()*+ 6lmighty says: 7@ust as I had determined to .ring disaster upon you and showed no pity when your fathers angered me!7 says the ()*+ 6lmighty! %3 7so now I have determined to do good again to @erusalem and @udah. +o not .e afraid . %6 'hese are the things you are to do: 8pea the truth to ea#h other! and render true and sound ?udgment in your #ourts" %$ do not plot evil against your neigh.or! and do not love to swear falsely. I hate all this!7 de#lares the ()*+. NIV

5att ;:26 26 4e replied! 7:ou of little faith! why are you so afraid -7 'hen he got up and re.u ed the winds and the waves! and it was #ompletely #alm. NIV 5att %<:26&3% 26 78o do not .e afraid of them. 'here is nothing #on#ealed that will not .e dis#losed! or hidden that will not .e made nown. 2$ /hat I tell you in the dar ! spea in the daylight" what is whispered in your ear! pro#laim from the roofs. 2; +o not .e afraid of those who ill the .ody .ut #annot ill the soul. *ather! .e afraid of the )ne who #an destroy .oth soul and .ody in hell. 22 6re not two sparrows sold for a penny- :et not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your =ather. 3< 6nd even the very hairs of your head are all num.ered. 3% 8o don9t .e afraid " you are worth more than many sparrows. NIV 5att %4:2$&3% 2$ >ut @esus immediately said to them: 7'a e #ourageE It is I. +on9t .e afraid .7 2; 7(ord! if it9s you!7 Peter replied! 7tell me to #ome to you on the water.7 22 7Come!7 he said. 'hen Peter got down out of the .oat! wal ed on the water and #ame toward @esus. 3< >ut when he saw the wind! he was afraid and! .eginning to sin ! #ried out! 7(ord! save meE7 3% Immediately @esus rea#hed out his hand and #aught him. 7:ou of little faith!7 he said! 7why did you dou.t-7 NIV 5att %$:6&; 6 /hen the dis#iples heard this! they fell fa#edown to the ground! terrified. $ >ut @esus #ame and tou#hed them. 70et up!7 he said. 7+on9t .e afraid .7 ; /hen they loo ed up! they saw no one eB#ept @esus. NIV 5att 2;:3&$ 3 'he angel said to the women! 7+o not .e afraid ! for I now that you are loo ing for @esus! who was #ru#ified. 6 4e is not here" he has risen! ?ust as he said. Come and see

the pla#e where he lay. $ 'hen go 1ui# ly and tell his dis#iples: 94e has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into 0alilee. 'here you will see him.9 Now I have told you.7 NIV 5att 2;:;&%< ; 8o the women hurried away from the tom.! afraid yet filled with ?oy! and ran to tell his dis#iples. 2 8uddenly @esus met them. 70reetings!7 he said. 'hey #ame to him! #lasped his feet and worshiped him. %< 'hen @esus said to them! 7+o not .e afraid . 0o and tell my .rothers to go to 0alilee" there they will see me.7 NIV 5ar 3:33&36 33 /hile @esus was still spea ing! some men #ame from the house of @airus! the synagogue ruler. 7:our daughter is dead!7 they said. 7/hy .other the tea#her any more-7 36 Ignoring what they said! @esus told the synagogue ruler! 7+on9t .e afraid " ?ust .elieve.7 NIV (u e 3:%<&%% 'hen @esus said to 8imon! 7+on9t .e afraid " from now on you will #at#h men.7 %% 8o they pulled their .oats up on shore! left everything and followed him. NIV (u e ;:42&3< 42 /hile @esus was still spea ing! someone #ame from the house of @airus! the synagogue ruler. 7:our daughter is dead!7 he said. 7+on9t .other the tea#her any more.7 3< 4earing this! @esus said to @airus! 7+on9t .e afraid " ?ust .elieve! and she will .e healed.7 NIV (u e %2:4&$ 4 7I tell you! my friends! do not .e afraid of those who ill the .ody and after that #an do no more. 3 >ut I will show you whom you should fear: =ear him who! after the illing of the .ody! has power to throw you into hell. :es! I tell you! fear him. 6 6re not five sparrows sold for two pennies- :et not one of them is forgotten .y 0od. $ Indeed! the

very hairs of your head are all num.ered. +on9t .e afraid " you are worth more than many sparrows. NIV (u e %2:32&34 32 7+o not .e afraid ! little flo# ! for your =ather has .een pleased to give you the ingdom. 33 8ell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out! a treasure in heaven that will not .e eBhausted! where no thief #omes near and no moth destroys. 34 =or where your treasure is! there your heart will .e also. NIV @ohn %4:2$ 2$ Pea#e I leave with you" my pea#e I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. +o not let your hearts .e trou.led and do not .e afraid . NIV 6#ts %;:2&%% 2 )ne night the (ord spo e to Paul in a vision: 7+o not .e afraid " eep on spea ing! do not .e silent. %< =or I am with you! and no one is going to atta# and harm you! .e#ause I have many people in this #ity.7 %% 8o Paul stayed for a year and a half! tea#hing them the word of 0od. NIV 4e. %3:3&6 3 Deep your lives free from the love of money and .e #ontent with what you have! .e#ause 0od has said! 7Never will I leave you" never will I forsa e you.7 6 8o we say with #onfiden#e! 7'he (ord is my helper" I will not .e afraid . /hat #an man do to me-7 NIV *ev %:%$&%; %$ /hen I saw him! I fell at his feet as though dead. 'hen he pla#ed his right hand on me and said: 7+o not .e afraid . I am the =irst and the (ast. %; I am the (iving )ne" I was dead! and .ehold I am alive for ever and everE 6nd I hold the eys of death and 4ades.

NIV *ev 2:%< %< +o not .e afraid of what you are a.out to suffer. I tell you! the devil will put some of you in prison to test you! and you will suffer perse#ution for ten days. >e faithful! even to the point of death! and I will give you the #rown of life. NIV