1 Chronicles 21:30
But David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Jehovah.
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Deuteronomy 10:12And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
1 Chronicles 13:12And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God to me?
Job 13:21Withdraw thy hand far from me; and let not thy terror make me afraid:
Job 23:15Therefore am I troubled at his presence; I consider, and I am afraid of him.
Psalms 119:120My flesh shuddereth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Jeremiah 10:7Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? For to thee doth it appertain; for among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 21:19-30
Ornan's Threshing-Floor. ( b. c. 1017.) 18 Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. 19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the Lord . 20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. 21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed… Read the whole commentary →