Thursday, April 14, 2011

AWE

God is Awesome!
Feared by His foes,
Revered by His Saints.

Terrible to darkness,
To evil affright,
Almighty forever,
Consuming Fire and Light!

Awe
1 a mixed feeling of reverence, fear, and wonder, caused by something majestic, sublime, sacred, etc.
2 [Archaic] the power of inspiring intense fear or fearful reverence
3 [Obs.] terror; dread
(Websters)

Awesome is translated in the KJV, Terrible…

Terrible
1 causing terror; fearful; frightful; dreadful
2 extreme; intense; severe
(Websters)

Revere - to regard with deep respect, love, and awe; venerate
(Websters)

AWESOME Scriptures

Gen 28:16-17
16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it." 17 And he was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!"
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Ex 34:10
10 And He said: "Behold, I make a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the Lord. For it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.
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Deut 7:21-22
21 You shall not be terrified of them; for the Lord your God, the great and awesome God, is among you.
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Deut 10:17-18
17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor takes a bribe.
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Deut 10:21
21 He is your praise, and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.
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Deut 28:58
58 "If you do not carefully observe all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, THE LORD YOUR GOD
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Judg 13:6-7
6 So the woman came and told her husband, saying, "A Man of God came to me, and His countenance was like the countenance of the Angel of God, very awesome; but I did not ask Him where He was from, and He did not tell me His name.
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2 Sam 7:22-24
22 Therefore You are great, O Lord God. For there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 23 And who is like Your people, like Israel, the one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make for Himself a name — and to do for Yourself great and awesome deeds for Your land — before Your people whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, the nations, and their gods? 24 For You have made Your people Israel Your very own people forever; and You, Lord, have become their God.
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1 Chron 17:21-22
21 And who is like Your people Israel, the one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people — to make for Yourself a name by great and awesome deeds, by driving out nations from before Your people whom You redeemed from Egypt?
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Neh 1:5-6
5 And I said: "I pray, Lord God of heaven, O great and awesome God, You who keep Your covenant and mercy with those who love You and observe Your commandments,
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Neh 4:14
14 And I looked, and arose and said to the nobles, to the leaders, and to the rest of the people,"Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, great and awesome, and fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses."
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Job 10:16
16 If my head is exalted,
You hunt me like a fierce lion,
And again You show Yourself awesome against me.
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Job 37:22
22 He comes from the north as golden splendor;
With God is awesome majesty.
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Ps 45:4
4 And in Your majesty ride prosperously because of truth, humility, and righteousness;
And Your right hand shall teach You awesome things.
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Ps 47:2
For the Lord Most High is awesome;
He is a great King over all the earth.
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Ps 65:5
5 By awesome deeds in righteousness You will answer us,
O God of our salvation,
You who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth,
And of the far-off seas;
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Ps 66:3-5
Say to God,
"How awesome are Your works!
Through the greatness of Your power
Your enemies shall submit themselves to You.
4 All the earth shall worship You
And sing praises to You;
They shall sing praises to Your name."
Selah

5 Come and see the works of God;
He is awesome in His doing toward the sons of men.
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Ps 68:33-35
33 To Him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which were of old!
Indeed, He sends out His voice, a mighty voice.
34 Ascribe strength to God;
His excellence is over Israel,
And His strength is in the clouds.
35 O God, You are more awesome than Your holy places.
The God of Israel is He who gives strength and power to His people.

Blessed be God!
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Ps 99:1-3
99 The Lord reigns;
Let the peoples tremble!
He dwells between the cherubim;
Let the earth be moved!
2 The Lord is great in Zion,
And He is high above all the peoples.
3 Let them praise Your great and awesome name —
He is holy.
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Ps 106:19-22
19 They made a calf in Horeb,
And worshiped the molded image.
20 Thus they changed their glory
Into the image of an ox that eats grass.
21 They forgot God their Savior,
Who had done great things in Egypt,
22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham,
Awesome things by the Red Sea.
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Ps 111:9
9 He has sent redemption to His people;
He has commanded His covenant forever:
Holy and awesome is His name.
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Ps 145:5-6
5 I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty,
And on Your wondrous works.
6 Men shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts,
And I will declare Your greatness.
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Isa 28:21
21 For the Lord will rise up as at Mount Perazim,
He will be angry as in the Valley of Gibeon —
That He may do His work, His awesome work,
And bring to pass His act, His unusual act.
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Isa 64:3-4
3 When You did awesome things for which we did not look,
You came down,
The mountains shook at Your presence.
4 For since the beginning of the world
Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear,
Nor has the eye seen any God besides You,
Who acts for the one who waits for Him.
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Jer 20:11
11 But the Lord is with me as a mighty, awesome One.
Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and will not prevail.
They will be greatly ashamed, for they will not prosper.
Their everlasting confusion will never be forgotten.
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Lam 1:9
9 Her uncleanness is in her skirts;
She did not consider her destiny;
Therefore her collapse was awesome;
She had no comforter.
"O Lord, behold my affliction,
For the enemy is exalted!"
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Dan 9:4
4 And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made confession, and said, "O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments,
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Joel 2:31
1 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
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Zeph 2:10-11
Against the people of the Lord of hosts.
11 The Lord will be awesome to them,
For He will reduce to nothing all the gods of the earth;
People shall worship Him,
Each one from his place,
Indeed all the shores of the nations.
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Acts 2:16-21
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 'And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,
That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your young men shall see visions,
Your old men shall dream dreams.
18 And on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days;
And they shall prophesy.
19 I will show wonders in heaven above
And signs in the earth beneath:
Blood and fire and vapor of smoke.
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
21 And it shall come to pass
That whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Shall be saved.'
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Ps 33:8
8 Let all the earth fear the Lord;
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
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