Hebrews 12:21

World English Bible (2000)

and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, "I am terrified and trembling."

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  • Exod 19:16 : 16 It happened on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet; and all the people who were in the camp trembled.
  • Exod 19:19 : 19 When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.
  • Deut 9:19 : 19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, with which Yahweh was angry against you to destroy you. But Yahweh listened to me that time also.
  • Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments. AYIN
  • Isa 6:3-5 : 3 One called to another, and said, "Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!" 4 The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 Then I said, "Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!"
  • Dan 10:8 : 8 So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
  • Dan 10:17 : 17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, immediately there remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me.
  • Rev 1:17 : 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don't be afraid. I am the first and the last,

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  • Heb 12:18-20
    3 verses
    79%

    18For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,

    19the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,

    20for they could not stand that which was commanded, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned;"

  • Acts 7:31-32
    2 verses
    77%

    31When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, a voice of the Lord came to him,

    32'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' Moses trembled, and dared not look.

  • Deut 34:12
    77%

    12and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses worked in the sight of all Israel.

  • Exod 20:18-21
    4 verses
    76%

    18All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance.

    19They said to Moses, "Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don't let God speak with us, lest we die."

    20Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won't sin."

    21The people stayed at a distance, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

  • Exod 34:29-30
    2 verses
    75%

    29It happened, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mountain, that Moses didn't know that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him.

    30When Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come near him.

  • Exod 19:16-21
    6 verses
    75%

    16It happened on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet; and all the people who were in the camp trembled.

    17Moses led the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the lower part of the mountain.

    18Mount Sinai, all it, smoked, because Yahweh descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.

    19When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.

    20Yahweh came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. Yahweh called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

    21Yahweh said to Moses, "Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to Yahweh to gaze, and many of them perish.

  • Isa 2:21
    74%

    21To go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.

  • Exod 3:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5He said, "Don't come close. Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground."

    6Moreover he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God.

  • Exod 19:23
    74%

    23Moses said to Yahweh, "The people can't come up to Mount Sinai, for you warned us, saying, 'Set bounds around the mountain, and sanctify it.'"

  • Exod 19:12
    73%

    12You shall set bounds to the people all around, saying, 'Be careful that you don't go up onto the mountain, or touch its border. Whoever touches the mountain shall be surely put to death.

  • Num 12:8
    73%

    8With him I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see Yahweh's form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?"

  • Ps 55:5
    73%

    5Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me.

  • Heb 10:31
    73%

    31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

  • Num 20:6
    73%

    6Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and fell on their faces: and the glory of Yahweh appeared to them.

  • Ps 114:7
    73%

    7Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

  • Job 4:14
    73%

    14fear came on me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.

  • Ps 119:120
    72%

    120My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments. AYIN

  • Exod 24:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17The appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.

    18Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

  • Num 14:5
    72%

    5Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

  • Num 22:3
    72%

    3Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

  • Nah 1:5
    72%

    5The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.

  • Deut 4:11
    72%

    11You came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.

  • Judg 5:5
    72%

    5The mountains quaked at the presence of Yahweh, even Sinai, at the presence of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

  • Matt 17:6
    72%

    6When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.

  • Deut 1:29
    72%

    29Then I said to you, "Don't dread, neither be afraid of them.

  • Jer 4:24
    71%

    24I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth.

  • Job 21:6
    71%

    6When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.

  • Deut 18:16
    71%

    16This is according to all that you desired of Yahweh your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, "Let me not hear again the voice of Yahweh my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I not die."

  • Num 16:4
    71%

    4When Moses heard it, he fell on his face:

  • Exod 32:19
    71%

    19It happened, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses' anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain.

  • Deut 5:5
    71%

    5(I stood between Yahweh and you at that time, to show you the word of Yahweh: for you were afraid because of the fire, and didn't go up onto the mountain;) saying,

  • Exod 14:31
    71%

    31Israel saw the great work which Yahweh did to the Egyptians, and the people feared Yahweh; and they believed in Yahweh, and in his servant Moses.

  • Job 23:15
    71%

    15Therefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him.

  • Num 14:13
    71%

    13Moses said to Yahweh, "Then the Egyptians will hear it; for you brought up this people in your might from among them;

  • Num 16:45
    70%

    45"Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!" They fell on their faces.

  • Exod 24:15
    70%

    15Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.