100 Bible Verses About Awe
Bible verses about Awe
Encountering awe through scripture is vital for spiritual growth. The Bible reveals a God whose majesty inspires both reverence and wonder. Exploring verses about awe deepens our understanding of His power, wisdom, and boundless love. It moves us beyond mere intellectual assent to a heartfelt appreciation for the divine. By meditating on these passages, we open ourselves to experiencing God's presence in our lives, fostering humility, gratitude, and a renewed sense of purpose. Awe reminds us of our place in the grand tapestry of creation and ignites a passion for seeking Him more fully.
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Exodus 19:13 (KJV)
There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
Awe Inspiring Bible Verses: Find God's Majesty
And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying,
And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the Lord: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth–lehem:
The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the Lord.
And let us arise, and go up to Beth–el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brethren.
And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the Lord.
In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
And the Lord did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses.
The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
If ye will fear the Lord, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the Lord your God:
Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the Lord.
And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
The mountains melted from before the Lord, even that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel.
And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten.
Which the Lord commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai.
And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the Lord hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.
And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.
At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,
And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the Lord.
Therefore the Lord heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo–debar.
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.
And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the Lord, before the altar.
And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.
A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
These are the commandments and the judgments, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;
And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the Lord did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the Lord of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the Lord’s heave offering to Aaron the priest.
O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
And the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.
Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest’s office.
The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:
The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Behold, the name of the Lord cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.
But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the Lord; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the Lord God of your fathers.
And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.
The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.
So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
The Bible overflows with verses that evoke awe, revealing a God whose power, wisdom, and love inspire reverence. From the vastness of creation depicted in Psalms to the transformative encounters with the divine in the Gospels, these passages remind us of our smallness in the face of the infinite. These verses challenge us to move beyond the mundane and glimpse the extraordinary. They encourage a posture of humility, wonder, and grateful surrender before the Almighty. Reflecting upon these scriptures can rekindle a sense of awe in our daily lives, transforming our perspective and deepening our relationship with God. May we cultivate a heart that seeks the extraordinary in the ordinary, recognizing the divine fingerprint in every aspect of creation and living a life that reflects the awe we feel.