What Does the Bible Say About Wonder And Awe?

Luke 5:26 ESV / 62 helpful votes

And amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, “We have seen extraordinary things today.”

Exodus 15:11 ESV / 50 helpful votes

“Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?

Hebrews 12:28 ESV / 37 helpful votes

Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,

Psalm 33:8 ESV / 37 helpful votes

Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!

Psalm 86:8-10 ESV / 27 helpful votes

There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours. All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name. For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God.

Romans 15:13 ESV / 26 helpful votes

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

Proverbs 9:10 ESV / 22 helpful votes

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.

Malachi 4:2 ESV / 18 helpful votes

But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.

John 14:12 ESV / 16 helpful votes

“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.

Luke 1:50 ESV / 16 helpful votes

And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.

Isaiah 66:2 ESV / 16 helpful votes

All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 15 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Acts 24:14 ESV / 15 helpful votes

But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 15 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Isaiah 29:23 ESV / 15 helpful votes

For when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in his midst, they will sanctify my name; they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.

1 Peter 1:7 ESV / 14 helpful votes

So that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Deuteronomy 10:17 ESV / 14 helpful votes

For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe.

Hebrews 5:7 ESV / 13 helpful votes

In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.

Psalm 71:7-8 ESV / 12 helpful votes

I have been as a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge. My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all the day.

Philippians 2:12 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,

Romans 6:23 ESV / 11 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Malachi 2:5 ESV / 10 helpful votes

My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him. It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name.

Psalm 65:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes

So that those who dwell at the ends of the earth are in awe at your signs. You make the going out of the morning and the evening to shout for joy.

Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Luke 7:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes

When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turning to the crowd that followed him, said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.”

Matthew 24:7 ESV / 8 helpful votes

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

Jeremiah 33:9 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And this city shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them. They shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it.

Ecclesiastes 12:13 ESV / 8 helpful votes

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

1 Peter 1:17 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile,

Hebrews 12:28-29 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.

Matthew 6:25 ESV / 7 helpful votes

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Isaiah 33:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is Zion's treasure.

Romans 3:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

Acts 3:1-26 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple. Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms. And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them. ...

John 3:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes

This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.”

Luke 8:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

He said to them, “Where is your faith?” And they were afraid, and they marveled, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that he commands even winds and water, and they obey him?”

Hosea 3:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the latter days.

Isaiah 66:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at his word: “Your brothers who hate you and cast you out for my name's sake have said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy’; but it is they who shall be put to shame.

38 Bible Verses about Wonder And Awe

Luke 5:26 ESV / 62 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 15:11 ESV / 50 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 12:28 ESV / 37 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 33:8 ESV / 37 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 86:8-10 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 15:13 ESV / 26 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 9:10 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Malachi 4:2 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:12 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 1:50 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 66:2 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 24:14 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 29:23 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 1:7 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 10:17 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 5:7 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 71:7-8 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 2:12 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 6:23 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Malachi 2:5 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 65:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 7:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 24:7 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 33:9 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 12:13 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 1:17 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 12:28-29 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:25 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 33:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 3:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 3:1-26 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 8:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hosea 3:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 66:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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