1 Chronicles 21:30
But David was not able to go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
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Deuteronomy 10:12And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord 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 home to me the ark of God?
Job 13:21Remove thy hand far from me; and let not thy dread terrify me.
Job 23:15Therefore am I terrified at his presence: I will reflect, and be in dread of him.
Psalms 119:120My flesh trembleth shudderingly from dread of thee, and of thy decrees am I afraid.
Jeremiah 10:7Who would not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, [they say] 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 →