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Proverbs 3

Prov. 3:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Bee not afraid
yare' (Hebrew #3372)
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: a primitive root
of sudden
pith'owm (Hebrew #6597)
from 6621; instantly
KJV usage: straightway, sudden(-ly).
Pronounce: pith-ome'
Origin: or pith.om {pith-ome'}
fear
pachad (Hebrew #6343)
a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling)
KJV usage: dread(-ful), fear, (thing) great (fear, -ly feared), terror.
Pronounce: pakh'-ad
Origin: from 6342
, neither of the desolation
show' (Hebrew #7722)
or shoah {sho-aw'}; from an unused root meaning to rush over; a tempest; by implication, devastation
KJV usage: desolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness.
Pronounce: sho
Origin: or (feminine) showtah {sho-aw'}
of the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
, when it cometh
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Job 5:21‑22• 21Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.
(Job 5:21‑22)
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Job 11:13‑15• 13If thou prepare thy heart and stretch out thy hands toward him,
14If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;
15Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear:
(Job 11:13‑15)
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Psa. 27:1‑2• 1A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
2When evil-doers, mine adversaries and mine enemies, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
(Psa. 27:1‑2)
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Psa. 46:1‑3• 1To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. On Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, a help in distresses, very readily found.
2Therefore will we not fear though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the heart of the seas;
3Though the waters thereof roar and foam, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
(Psa. 46:1‑3)
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Psa. 91:5• 5Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, for the arrow that flieth by day, (Psa. 91:5)
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Psa. 112:7• 7He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is fixed confiding in Jehovah; (Psa. 112:7)
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Isa. 8:12‑13• 12Ye shall not say, Conspiracy, of everything of which this people saith, Conspiracy; and fear ye not their fear, and be not in dread.
13Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
(Isa. 8:12‑13)
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Isa. 41:10‑14• 10--Fear not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
11Lo, all that are incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded; they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.
12Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them--them that contend with thee; they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
13For I, Jehovah, thy God, hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
(Isa. 41:10‑14)
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Dan. 3:17‑18• 17If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king.
18But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image that thou hast set up.
(Dan. 3:17‑18)
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Matt. 8:24‑26• 24and behold, the water became very agitated on the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves; but *he* slept.
25And the disciples came and awoke him, saying, Lord save: we perish.
26And he says to them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then, having arisen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
(Matt. 8:24‑26)
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Matt. 24:6• 6But ye will hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that ye be not disturbed; for all these things must take place, but it is not yet the end. (Matt. 24:6)
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Mark 4:40• 40And he said to them, Why are ye thus fearful? how is it ye have not faith? (Mark 4:40)
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Luke 21:9• 9And when ye shall hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified, for these things must first take place, but the end is not immediately. (Luke 21:9)
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John 14:1• 1Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe on God, believe also on me. (John 14:1)
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1 Peter 3:14• 14But if also ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed are ye; but be not afraid of their fear, neither be troubled; (1 Peter 3:14)
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Prov. 1:27• 27when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you: (Prov. 1:27)
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Psa. 73:19• 19How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors. (Psa. 73:19)
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Matt. 24:15• 15When therefore ye shall see the abomination of desolation, which is spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in what is a holy place, (he that reads let him understand,) (Matt. 24:15)
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Luke 21:18‑28• 18And a hair of your head shall in no wise perish.
19By your patient endurance gain your souls.
20But when ye see Jerusalem encompassed with armies, then know that its desolation is drawn nigh.
21Then let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains, and those who are in the midst of it depart out, and those who are in the country not enter into it;
22for these are days of avenging, that all the things that are written may be accomplished.
23But woe to them that are with child and to them who give suck in those days, for there shall be great distress upon the land and wrath upon this people.
24And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the nations until the times of the nations be fulfilled.
25And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roar of the sea and rolling waves,
26men ready to die through fear and expectation of what is coming on the habitable earth, for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
27And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28But when these things begin to come to pass, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws nigh.
(Luke 21:18‑28)
 It is the obedient soul who can lay hold of the precious promises of Scripture. The willful and lawless have no such title. (Proverbs Three by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the destruction of the wicked, when it cometh;