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When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he exclaimed,
"Truly, the LORD is in this spot, although I did not know
it!" In solemn wonder he cried out: "How awesome is this
shrine! This is nothing else but an abode of God, and that is the
gateway to heaven!" [GEN 28:16-17]
"Of the twenty years that I have now spent
in your household, I slaved fourteen years for your two daughters
and six years for your flock, while you changed my wages time
after time. If my ancestral God, the God of Abraham and the
Awesome One of Isaac, had not been on my side, you would now have
sent me away empty-handed. But God saw my plight and the fruits of
my toil, and last night he gave judgment." [Taken from GEN
31:41-42]
"Here, then," said the LORD, "is
the covenant I will make. Before the eyes of all your people I
will work such marvels as have never been wrought in any nation
anywhere on earth, so that this people among whom you live may see
how awe-inspiring are the deeds which I, the LORD, will do at your
side. But you, on your part, must keep the commandments I am
giving you today. I will drive out before you the Amorites,
Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites." [Taken
from EX 34:10-11]
Perhaps you will say to yourselves, 'These
nations are greater than we. How can we dispossess them?' But do
not be afraid of them. Rather, call to mind what the LORD, your
God, did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt: the great testings which
your own eyes have seen, the signs and wonders, his strong hand
and outstretched arm with which the LORD, your God, brought you
out. The same also will he do to all the nations of whom you are
now afraid. Moreover, the LORD, your God, will send hornets among
them, until the survivors who have hidden from you are destroyed.
Therefore, do not be terrified by them, for the LORD, your God,
who is in your midst, is a great and awesome God. He will dislodge
these nations before you little by little. [Taken from DEUT 7:17-22]
"And now, Israel, what does the LORD, your
God, ask of you but to fear the LORD, your God, and follow his
ways exactly, to love and serve the LORD, your God, with all your
heart and all your soul, to keep the commandments and statutes of
the LORD which I enjoin on you today for your own good? Think! The
heavens, even the highest heavens, belong to the LORD, your God,
as well as the earth and everything on it. Yet in his love for
your fathers the LORD was so attached to them as to choose you,
their descendants, in preference to all other peoples, as indeed
he has now done. Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and be no
longer stiff-necked. For the LORD, your God, is the God of gods,
the LORD of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who has no
favorites, accepts no bribes; who executes justice for the orphan
and the widow, and befriends the alien, feeding and clothing him.
So you too must befriend the alien, for you were once aliens
yourselves in the land of Egypt. The LORD, your God, shall you
fear, and him shall you serve; hold fast to him and swear by his
name. He is your glory, he, your God, who has done for you those
great and terrible things which your own eyes have seen." [Taken
from DEUT 10:12-21]
"The LORD will beat down before you the
enemies that rise up against you; though they come out against you
from but one direction, they will flee before you in seven. The
LORD will affirm his blessing upon you, on your barns and on all
your undertakings, blessing you in the land that the LORD, your
God, gives you. Provided that you keep the commandments of the
LORD, your God, and walk in his ways, he will establish you as a
people sacred to himself, as he swore to you; so that, when all
the nations of the earth see you bearing the name of the LORD,
they will stand in awe of you." [Taken from DEUT 28:7-10]
"If you are not careful to observe every
word of the law which is written in this book, and to revere the
glorious and awesome name of the LORD, your God, he will smite you
and your descendants with severe and constant blows, malignant and
lasting maladies. He will again afflict you with all the diseases
of Egypt which you dread, and they will persist among you. Should
there be any kind of sickness or calamity not mentioned in this
book of the law, that too the LORD will bring upon you until you are destroyed."
[Taken from DEUT 28:58-61]
What other nation on earth is there like your
people Israel, which God has led, redeeming it as his people; so
that you have made yourself renowned by doing this magnificent
deed, and by doing awe-inspiring things as you cleared nations and
their gods out of the way of your people, which you redeemed for
yourself from Egypt? You have established for yourself your people
Israel as yours forever, and you, LORD, have become their God. And
now, LORD God, confirm for all time the prophecy you have made
concerning your servant and his house, and do as you have
promised. Your name will be forever great, when men say, 'The LORD
of hosts is God of Israel,' and the house of your servant David
stands firm before you. [Taken from 2SAM 7:23-26]
When all Israel heard the judgment the king had given, they were in awe of him, because they saw that the king had in him the wisdom of God for giving judgment.
[Taken from 1KGS 3:28]
Sing to the LORD, all the earth, announce
his salvation, day after day Tell his glory among the
nations; among all peoples, his wondrous deeds. For great is
the LORD and highly to be praised; and awesome is he, beyond all
gods. For all the gods of the nations are things of
nought, but the LORD made the heavens. Splendor and majesty
go before him; praise and joy are in his holy place. Give to
the LORD, you families of nations, give to the LORD glory and
praise; Give to the LORD the glory due his name! Bring gifts,
and enter his presence; worship the LORD in holy attire.
Tremble before him, all the earth; he has made the world
firm, not to be moved. [1CHRON 16:23-30]
When I heard this report, I began to weep and
continued mourning for several days; I fasted and prayed before
the God of heaven. I prayed: "O LORD, God of heaven, great
and awesome God, you who preserve your covenant of mercy toward
those who love you and keep your commandments, may your ear be
attentive, and your eyes open, to heed the prayer which I, your
servant, now offer in your presence day and night for your
servants the Israelites, confessing the sins which we of Israel
have committed against you, I and my father's house included.
Grievously have we offended you, not keeping the commandments, the
statutes, and the ordinances which you committed to your servant
Moses. But remember, I pray, the promise which you gave through
Moses, your servant, when you said: 'Should you prove faithless, I
will scatter you among the nations; but should you return to me
and carefully keep my commandments, even though your outcasts have
been driven to the farthest corner of the world, I will gather
them from there, and bring them back to the place which I have
chosen as the dwelling place for my name.'" [Taken from NEH
1:4-9]
"Now, therefore, O our God, great, mighty,
and awesome God, you who in your mercy preserve the covenant, take
into account all the disasters that have befallen us, our kings,
our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers, and your
entire people, from the time of the kings of Assyria until this
day! In all that has come upon us you have been just, for you kept
faith while we have done evil. Yes, our kings, our princes, our
priests, and our fathers have not kept your law; they paid no
attention to your commandments and the obligations of which you
reminded them. While they were yet in their kingdom, in the midst
of the many good things that you had given them and in the wide
and fertile land that you had spread out before them, they did not
serve you nor did they turn away from their evil deeds. But, see,
we today are slaves; and as for the land which you gave our
fathers that they might eat its fruits and good things - see, we
have become slaves upon it!" [Taken from NEH 9:32-36]
On the third day, putting an end to her prayers,
she took off her penitential garments and arrayed herself in her
royal attire. In making her state appearance, after invoking the
all-seeing God and savior, she took with her two maids; on the one
she leaned gently for support, while the other followed her,
bearing her train. She glowed with the perfection of her beauty
and her countenance was as joyous as it was lovely, though her
heart was shrunk with fear. She passed through all the portals
till she stood face to face with the king, who was seated on his
royal throne, clothed in full robes of state, and covered with
gold and precious stones, so that he inspired great awe. As he
looked up, his features ablaze with the height of majestic anger,
the queen staggered, changed color, and leaned weakly against the
head of the maid in front of her. But God changed the king's anger
to gentleness. In great anxiety he sprang from his throne, held
her in his arms until she recovered, and comforted her with
reassuring words. "What is it, Esther?" he said to her.
"I am your brother. Take courage! You shall not die because
of this general decree of ours. Come near!" Raising the
golden scepter, he touched her neck with it, embraced her, and
said, "Speak to me." She replied: "I saw you, my
lord, as an angel of God, and my heart was troubled with fear of
your majesty. For you are awesome, my lord, though your glance is
full of kindness." As she said this, she fainted. The king
became troubled and all his attendants tried to revive her. [ESTH
D:1-16]
Dominion and awesomeness are his who brings about harmony in his heavens.
[JOB 25:2]
From the North the splendor comes, surrounding God's awesome majesty! The Almighty! we
cannot discover him, pre-eminent in power and
judgment; his great justice owes no one an accounting.
Therefore men revere him, though none can see him, however wise their
hearts. [Taken from JOB 37:22-24]
O LORD, our Lord, how awesome is your name
through all the earth! You have set your majesty above the
heavens! Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have
drawn a defense against your foes, to silence enemy and
avenger. When I see your heavens, the work of your
fingers, the moon and stars that you set in place - What are
humans that you are mindful of them, mere mortals that you
care for them? Yet you have made them little less than a
god, crowned them with glory and honor. You have given them
rule over the works of your hands, put all things at their
feet [Taken from PS 8:2-7]
I waited, waited for the LORD; who bent
down and heard my cry, drew me out of the pit of
destruction, out of the mud of the swamp, set my feet upon
rock, steadied my steps, and put a new song in my
mouth, a hymn to our God. Many shall look on in
awe and they shall trust in the LORD. [PS 40:2-4]
All you peoples, clap your hands; shout to
God with joyful cries. For the LORD, the Most High, inspires
awe, the great king overall the earth, Who made people
subject to us, brought nations under our feet, Who chose a
land for our heritage, the glory of Jacob, the beloved. [Taken
from PS 47:2-5]
Why do you glory in evil, you scandalous
liar? All day long you plot destruction; your tongue is
like a sharpened razor, you skillful deceiver. You love evil
rather than good, lies rather than honest speech. You love
any word that destroys, you deceitful tongue. Now God will
strike you down, leave you crushed forever, Pluck you
from your tent, uproot you from the land of the living. The
righteous will look on with awe; they will jeer and say:
"That one did not take God as a refuge, but trusted in
great wealth, relied on devious plots." [Taken from PS
52:3-9]
You answer us with awesome deeds of
justice, O God our savior, The hope of all the ends of the
earth and of far distant islands. You are robed in
power, you set up the mountains by your might. You still the
roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the
tumult of the peoples. Distant peoples stand in awe of your
marvels; east and west you make resound with joy. [PS 65:6-9]
Shout joyfully to God, all you on
earth; sing of his glorious name; give him glorious praise.
Say to God: "How awesome your deeds! Before your great
strength your enemies cringe. All on earth fall in worship before
you; they sing of you, sing of your name!" Come and see
the works of God, awesome in the deeds done for us. He
changed the sea to dry land; through the river they passed on
foot. Therefore let us rejoice in him, who rules by might
forever, Whose eyes are fixed upon the nations. Let no
rebel rise to challenge! [Taken from PS 66:2-7]
You kingdoms of the earth, sing to
God; chant the praises of the Lord... Who rides the
heights of the ancient heavens, whose voice is thunder,
mighty thunder. Confess the power of God, whose majesty
protects Israel, whose power is in the sky. Awesome is God in
his holy place, the God of Israel, who gives power and
strength to his people. Blessed be God! [Taken from PS 68:33-36]
Terrible and awesome are you, stronger than
the ancient mountains. Despoiled are the bold warriors; they
sleep their final sleep; the hands of all the mighty have
failed. At your roar, O God of Jacob, chariots and steeds lay
still. So terrible and awesome are you; who can stand before
you and your great anger? From the heavens you pronounced
sentence; the earth was terrified and reduced to silence,
When you arose, O God, for judgment to deliver the afflicted
of the land. [Taken from PS 76:5-10]
Make and keep vows to the LORD your
God. May all present bring gifts to this awesome God, Who
checks the pride of princes,
inspires awe among the kings of earth. [PS 76:12-13]
The LORD is king, the peoples tremble; God
is enthroned on the cherubim, the earth quakes. The LORD is great
on Zion, exalted above all the peoples. Let them praise your
great and awesome name: Holy is God! [PS 99:1-3]
Great are the works of the LORD, to be
treasured for all their delights. Majestic and glorious is your
work, your wise design endures forever. You won renown for
your wondrous deeds; gracious and merciful is the LORD. You gave
food to those who fear you, mindful of your covenant forever. You
showed powerful deeds to your people, giving them the lands
of the nations. The works of your hands are right and
true, reliable all your decrees, Established forever and
ever, to be observed with loyalty and care. You sent
deliverance to your people, ratified your covenant
forever; holy and awesome is your name. [PS 111:2-9]
I hate every hypocrite; your teaching I
love. You are my refuge and shield; in your word I hope.
Depart from me, you wicked, that I may observe the commands
of my God. Sustain me by your promise that I may live; do not
disappoint me in my hope. Strengthen me that I may be
safe, ever to contemplate your laws. You reject all who stray
from your laws, for vain is their deceit. Like dross you
regard all the wicked on earth; therefore I love your
decrees. My flesh shudders with dread of you; I hold your
edicts in awe. [PS 119:113-120]
You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my beloved, as lovely as Jerusalem,
as awe-inspiring as bannered troops. [Taken from SONG
6:4]
Who is this that comes forth like the dawn, as
beautiful as the moon, as resplendent as the sun, as awe-inspiring
as bannered troops? [SONG 6:10]
All wisdom comes from the LORD and with him
it remains forever. The sand of the seashore, the drops of
rain, the days of eternity: who can number these? Heaven's
height, earth's breadth, the depths of the abyss: who can
explore these? Before all things else wisdom was created; and
prudent understanding, from eternity. To whom has wisdom's root
been revealed? Who knows her subtleties? There is but one,
wise and truly awe-inspiring, seated upon his throne: It is
the LORD; he created her, has seen her and taken note of her.
He has poured her forth upon all his works, upon every living
thing according to his bounty; he has lavished her upon his
friends. [SIRACH 1:1-8]
How awesome are you, Elijah! Whose glory is
equal to yours? You brought a dead man back to life from the
nether world, by the will of the LORD. You sent kings down to
destruction, and nobles, from their beds of sickness. You
heard threats at Sinai, at Horeb avenging judgments. You
anointed kings who should inflict vengeance, and a prophet as
your successor. You were taken aloft in a whirlwind, in a
chariot with fiery horses. You are destined, it is written, in
time to come to put an end to wrath before the day of the
LORD, to turn back the hearts of fathers toward their
sons, and to reestablish the tribes of Jacob. [SIRACH
48:4-10]
Human pride will be abased, the arrogance
of men brought low, and the LORD alone will be exalted, on
that day. The idols will perish forever. Men will go into caves in
the rocks and into holes in the earth, from the terror
of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty, when he arises
to overawe the earth. [ISA 2:17-19]
For thus said the LORD to me, taking hold of me
and warning me not to walk in the way of this people: Call not
alliance what this people calls alliance, and fear not, nor
stand in awe of what they fear. But with the LORD of hosts make
your alliance - for him be your fear and your awe. [Taken
from ISA 8:11-13]
Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of
the house of Jacob, who redeemed Abraham: Now Jacob
shall have nothing to be ashamed of, nor shall his face grow
pale. When his children see the work of my hands in his
midst, They shall keep my name holy; they shall
reverence the Holy One of Jacob, and be in awe of the God of
Israel. [ISA 29:22-23]
Present your case, says the LORD; bring
forward your reasons, says the King of Jacob. Let them come near
and foretell to us what it is that shall happen! What
are the things of long ago? Tell us, that we may reflect on
them and know their outcome; or declare to us the things
to come! Foretell the things that shall come afterward, that
we may know that you are gods! Do something, good or
evil, that will put us in awe and in fear. Why, you are
nothing and your work is nought! To choose you is an
abomination. [ISA 41:21-24]
As when brushwood is set ablaze, or fire
makes the water boil! Thus your name would be made known to
your enemies and the nations would tremble before you, While
you wrought awesome deeds we could not hope for, such as they
had not heard of from of old. No ear has ever heard, no eye
ever seen, any God but you doing such deeds for those
who wait for him. Would that you might meet us doing
right, that we were mindful of you in our ways! Behold,
you are angry, and we are sinful; all of us have become like
unclean men, all our good deeds are like polluted rags; We
have all withered like leaves, and our guilt carries us away
like the wind. There is none who calls upon your name, who
rouses himself to cling to you; For you have hidden your face
from us and have delivered us up to our guilt. [Taken from
ISA 64:1-6]
I prayed to the LORD, my God, and confessed,
"Ah, Lord, great and awesome God, you who keep your merciful
covenant toward those who love you and observe your commandments!
We have sinned, been wicked and done evil; we have rebelled and
departed from your commandments and your laws." [Taken from
DAN 9:4-5]
My covenant with him was one of life and
peace; fear I put in him, and he feared me, and stood in
awe of my name. True doctrine was in his mouth, and no
dishonesty was found upon his lips; He walked with me in
integrity and in uprightness, and turned many away from evil.
[Taken from MAL 2:5-6]
You have defied me in word, says the
LORD, yet you ask, "What have we spoken against
you?" You have said, "It is vain to serve God, and
what do we profit by keeping his command, And going about in
penitential dress in awe of the LORD of hosts? Rather must we
call the proud blessed; for indeed evildoers
prosper, and even tempt God with impunity." Then they
who fear the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD
listened attentively; And a record book was written before
him of those who fear the LORD and trust in his name. And
they shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, my own special
possession, on the day I take action. And I will have
compassion on them, as a man has compassion on his son who
serves him. Then you will again see the distinction between
the just and the wicked; Between him who serves God, and
him who does not serve him. For lo, the day is coming, blazing
like an oven, when all the proud and all evildoers will be
stubble, And the day that is coming will set them on
fire, leaving them neither root nor branch, says the LORD of
hosts. [Taken from MAL 3:13-19]
He entered a boat, made the crossing, and came
into his own town. And there people brought to him a paralytic
lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the
paralytic, "Courage, child, your sins are forgiven." At
that, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man is
blaspheming." Jesus knew what they were thinking, and said,
"Why do you harbor evil thoughts? Which is easier, to say,
'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise and walk'? But that you
may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive
sins" - he then said to the paralytic, "Rise, pick up
your stretcher, and go home." He rose and went home. When the
crowds saw this they were struck with awe and glorified God who
had given such authority to human beings. [MT 9:1-8]
On that day, as evening drew on, he said to
them, "Let us cross to the other side." Leaving the
crowd, they took him with them in the boat just as he was. And
other boats were with him. A violent squall came up and waves were
breaking over the boat, so that it was already filling up. Jesus
was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. They woke him and said to
him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?"
He woke up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Quiet! Be
still!" The wind ceased and there was great calm. Then he
asked them, "Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have
faith?" They were filled with great awe and said to one
another, "Who then is this whom even wind and sea obey?"
[MK 4:35-41]
One day as Jesus was teaching, Pharisees and
teachers of the law were sitting there who had come from every
village of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem, and the power of the
Lord was with him for healing. And some men brought on a stretcher
a man who was paralyzed; they were trying to bring him in and set
(him) in his presence. But not finding a way to bring him in
because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on
the stretcher through the tiles into the middle in front of Jesus.
When he saw their faith, he said, "As for you, your sins are
forgiven." Then the scribes and Pharisees began to ask
themselves, "Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who but God
alone can forgive sins?" Jesus knew their thoughts and said
to them in reply, "What are you thinking in your hearts?
Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say,
'Rise and walk'? But that you may know that the Son of Man has
authority on earth to forgive sins" - he said to the man who
was paralyzed, "I say to you, rise, pick up your stretcher,
and go home." He stood up immediately before them, picked up
what he had been lying on, and went home, glorifying God. Then
astonishment seized them all and they glorified God, and, struck
with awe, they said, "We have seen incredible things
today." [LK 5:17-26]
One day he got into a boat with his disciples
and said to them, "Let us cross to the other side of the
lake." So they set sail, and while they were sailing he fell
asleep. A squall blew over the lake, and they were taking in water
and were in danger. They came and woke him saying, "Master,
master, we are perishing!" He awakened, rebuked the wind and
the waves, and they subsided and there was a calm. Then he asked
them, "Where is your faith?" But they were filled with
awe and amazed and said to one another, "Who then is this,
who commands even the winds and the sea, and they obey him?" [LK
8:22-25]
Then they asked him, "Teacher, when will
this happen? And what sign will there be when all these things are
about to happen?" He answered, "See that you not be
deceived, for many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and
'The time has come.' Do not follow them! When you hear of wars and
insurrections, do not be terrified; for such things must happen
first, but it will not immediately be the end." Then he said
to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom. There will be powerful earthquakes, famines, and
plagues from place to place; and awesome sights and mighty signs
will come from the sky." [Taken from LK 21:7-11]
They devoted themselves to the teaching of the
apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of the bread
and to the prayers. Awe came upon everyone, and many wonders and
signs were done through the apostles. [Taken from ACTS 2:42-43]
For if their rejection is the reconciliation of
the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
If the firstfruits are holy, so is the whole batch of dough; and
if the root is holy, so are the branches. But if some of the
branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were
grafted in their place and have come to share in the rich root of
the olive tree, do not boast against the branches. If you do
boast, consider that you do not support the root; the root
supports you. Indeed you will say, "Branches were broken off
so that I might be grafted in." That is so. They were broken
off because of unbelief, but you are there because of faith. So do
not become haughty, but stand in awe. For if God did not spare the
natural branches, (perhaps) he will not spare you either. See,
then, the kindness and severity of God: severity toward those who
fell, but God's kindness to you, provided you remain in his
kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off. And they also, if
they do not remain in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is
able to graft them in again. For if you were cut from what is by
nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a
cultivated one, how much more will they who belong to it by nature
be grafted back into their own olive tree. [Taken from ROM 11:15-24]
See that you do not reject the one who speaks.
For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned
them on earth, how much more in our case if we turn away from the
one who warns from heaven. His voice shook the earth at that time,
but now he has promised, "I will once more shake not only
earth but heaven." That phrase, "once more," points
to (the) removal of shaken, created things, so that what is
unshaken may remain. Therefore, we who are receiving the
unshakable kingdom should have gratitude, with which we should
offer worship pleasing to God in reverence and awe. For our God is
a consuming fire. [HEB 12:25-29]
Then I saw in heaven another sign, great and awe-inspiring: seven angels with the seven last plagues, for through them God's fury is accomplished.
[RV 15:1]
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Heaven
/ heaven / heavens / heavenly [H8a]
kingdom
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glory
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great
/ greatly / greater / greatness [G8a]
holy
/ holiness [H14]
beautiful
/ beauty [L8]
perfect
/ perfection [P5]
revere
/ revered [R]
wonderful
[W]
praise
/ praises / praised [P10a]
rejoice
[R2]
fear
of God / fear of the Lord [F7]
tremble
[T8]
prostrate
[P18]
kneel
/ knelt [K]
reverence
/ honor to God [R8]
sacred
[S3]
worship
[W12a]
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