Hebrews 12:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the vision was so overpowering that even Moses said, I am shaking and full of fear.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 19:16 : 16 And when morning came on the third day, there were thunders and flames and a thick cloud on the mountain, and a horn sounding very loud; and all the people in the tents were shaking with fear.
  • Exod 19:19 : 19 And when the sound of the horn became louder and louder, Moses' words were answered by the voice of God.
  • Deut 9:19 : 19 For I was full of fear because of the wrath of the Lord which was burning against you, with your destruction in view. But again the Lord's ear was open to my prayer.
  • Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh is moved for fear of you; I give honour to your decisions.
  • Isa 6:3-5 : 3 And one said in a loud voice to another, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of armies: all the earth is full of his glory. 4 And the bases of the door-pillars were shaking at the sound of his cry, and the house was full of smoke. 5 Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.
  • Dan 10:8 : 8 So I was by myself, and I saw this great vision, and all my strength went from me; and the colour went from my face.
  • Dan 10:17 : 17 For how may this servant of my lord have talk with my lord? for, as for me, straight away my strength went from me and there was no breath in my body.
  • Rev 1:17 : 17 And when I saw him, I went down on my face at his feet as one dead. And he put his right hand on me, saying, Have no fear; I am the first and the last and the Living one;

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  • Heb 12:18-20
    3 verses
    79%

    18 You have not come to a mountain which may be touched, and is burning with fire, and to a black cloud, and a dark smoke, and a violent wind,

    19 And to the sound of a horn, and the voice of words, the hearers of which made request that not a word more might be said to them:

    20 For the order which said, If the mountain is touched even by a beast, the beast is to be stoned, seemed hard to them;

  • Acts 7:31-32
    2 verses
    77%

    31 And Moses, seeing it, was full of wonder, and when he came up to have a nearer view of it, the voice of the Lord came to him, saying,

    32 I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Moses, shaking with fear, kept his eyes from looking at it.

  • Deut 34:12
    77%

    12 And in all the acts of power and fear which Moses did before the eyes of all Israel.

  • Exod 20:18-21
    4 verses
    76%

    18 And all the people were watching the thunderings and the flames and the sound of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when they saw it, they kept far off, shaking with fear.

    19 And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us.

    20 And Moses said to the people, Have no fear: for God has come to put you to the test, so that fearing him you may be kept from sin.

    21 And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.

  • Exod 34:29-30
    2 verses
    75%

    29 Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two stones in his hand, he was not conscious that his face was shining because of his talk with God.

    30 But when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, and the shining of his face, they would not come near him for fear.

  • Exod 19:16-21
    6 verses
    75%

    16 And when morning came on the third day, there were thunders and flames and a thick cloud on the mountain, and a horn sounding very loud; and all the people in the tents were shaking with fear.

    17 And Moses made the people come out of their tents and take their places before God; and they came to the foot of the mountain,

    18 And all the mountain of Sinai was smoking, for the Lord had come down on it in fire: and the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a great burning; and all the mountain was shaking.

    19 And when the sound of the horn became louder and louder, Moses' words were answered by the voice of God.

    20 Then the Lord came down on to Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain, and the Lord sent for Moses to come up to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

    21 And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and give the people orders to keep back, for fear that a great number of them, forcing their way through to see the Lord, may come to destruction.

  • Isa 2:21
    74%

    21 To take cover in the cracks of the rocks, and in the holes of the hills, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

  • Exod 3:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5 And he said, Do not come near: take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.

    6 And he said, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses kept his face covered for fear of looking on God.

  • Exod 19:23
    74%

    23 And Moses said to the Lord, The people will not be able to come up the mountain, for you gave us orders to put limits round the mountain, marking it out and making it holy.

  • Exod 19:12
    73%

    12 And let limits be marked out for the people round the mountain, and say to them, Take care not to go up the mountain or near the sides of it: whoever puts his foot on the mountain will certainly come to his death:

  • Num 12:8
    73%

    8 With him I will have talk mouth to mouth, openly and not in dark sayings; and with his eyes he will see the form of the Lord: why then had you no fear of saying evil against my servant Moses?

  • Ps 55:5
    73%

    5 Fear and shaking have come over me, with deep fear I am covered.

  • Heb 10:31
    73%

    31 We may well go in fear of falling into the hands of the living God.

  • Num 20:6
    73%

    6 Then Moses and Aaron went away from the people to the door of the Tent of meeting; and, falling on their faces there, they saw the glory of the Lord.

  • Ps 114:7
    73%

    7 Be troubled, O earth, before the Lord, before the God of Jacob;

  • Job 4:14
    73%

    14 Fear came on me and shaking, and my bones were full of trouble;

  • Ps 119:120
    72%

    120 My flesh is moved for fear of you; I give honour to your decisions.

  • Exod 24:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17 And the glory of the Lord was like a flame on the top of the mountain before the eyes of the children of Israel.

    18 And Moses went up the mountain, into the cloud, and was there for forty days and forty nights.

  • Num 14:5
    72%

    5 Then Moses and Aaron went down on their faces before the meeting of the people.

  • Num 22:3
    72%

    3 And in Moab there was great fear of the people, because their numbers were so great: and the feeling of Moab was bitter against the children of Israel.

  • Nah 1:5
    72%

    5 The mountains are shaking because of him, and the hills flowing away; the earth is falling to bits before him, the world and all who are in it.

  • Deut 4:11
    72%

    11 And you came near, waiting at the foot of the mountain; and flames of fire went up from the mountain to the heart of heaven, with dark clouds, and all was black as night.

  • Judg 5:5
    72%

    5 The mountains were shaking before the Lord, before the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • Matt 17:6
    72%

    6 And at these words the disciples went down on their faces in great fear.

  • Deut 1:29
    72%

    29 Then I said to you, Have no fear of them.

  • Jer 4:24
    71%

    24 Looking at the mountains, I saw them shaking, and all the hills were moved about.

  • Job 21:6
    71%

    6 At the very thought of it my flesh is shaking with fear.

  • Deut 18:16
    71%

    16 In answer to the request you made to the Lord your God in Horeb on the day of the great meeting, when you said, Let not the voice of the Lord my God come to my ears again, and let me not see this great fire any more, or death will overtake me.

  • Num 16:4
    71%

    4 And Moses, hearing this, went down on his face;

  • Exod 32:19
    71%

    19 And when he came near the tents he saw the image of the ox, and the people dancing; and in his wrath Moses let the stones go from his hands, and they were broken at the foot of the mountain.

  • Deut 5:5
    71%

    5 (I was between the Lord and you at that time, to make clear to you the word of the Lord: because, through fear of the fire, you did not go up the mountain;) saying,

  • Exod 14:31
    71%

    31 And Israel saw the great work which the Lord had done against the Egyptians, and the fear of the Lord came on the people and they had faith in the Lord and in his servant Moses.

  • Job 23:15
    71%

    15 For this cause I am in fear before him, my thoughts of him overcome me.

  • Num 14:13
    71%

    13 And Moses said to the Lord, Then it will come to the ears of the Egyptians; for by your power you took this people out from among them;

  • Num 16:45
    70%

    45 Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them. And they went down on their faces.

  • Exod 24:15
    70%

    15 And Moses went up into the mountain, and it was covered by the cloud.