COWARDICE
Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1978 by the New
York Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.
GEN 12:11 As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "I
know what a beautiful woman you are.
12 When the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then
they will kill me but will let you live.
13 Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and
my life will be spared because of you."
26:7 When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, "She is
my sister," because he was afraid to say, "She is my wife." He thought,
"The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is
beautiful."
31:31 Jacob answered Laban, "I was afraid, because I thought you would
take your daughters away from me by force.
EXO 32:22 "Do not be angry, my lord," Aaron answered. "You know how prone
these people are to evil.
23 They said to me, 'Make us gods who will go before us. As for this
fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don't know what has
happened to him.'
24 So I told them, 'Whoever has any gold jewelry, take it off.' Then they
gave me the gold, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf!"
LEV 26:36 "'As for those of you who are left, I will make their hearts so
fearful in the lands of their enemies that the sound of a windblown leaf
will put them to flight. They will run as though fleeing from the sword,
and they will fall, even though no one is pursuing them.
37 They will stumble over one another as though fleeing from the sword,
even though no one is pursuing them. So you will not be able to stand
before your enemies.
NUM 13:28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are
fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there.
31 But the men who had gone up with him said, "We can't attack those
people; they are stronger than we are."
32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they
had explored. They said, "The land we explored devours those living in it.
All the people we saw there are of great size.
33 We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the
Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the
same to them."
14:1 That night all the people of the community raised their voices and
wept aloud.
2 All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole
assembly said to them, "If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this desert!
3 Why is the LORD bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the
sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn't it be
better for us to go back to Egypt?"
4 And they said to each other, "We should choose a leader and go back to
Egypt."
5 Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown in front of the whole Israelite
assembly gathered there.
DEU 1:26 But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command
of the LORD your God.
27 You grumbled in your tents and said, "The LORD hates us; so he brought
us out of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us.
28 Where can we go? Our brothers have made us lose heart. They say, 'The
people are stronger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with
walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites there.'"
20:8 Then the officers shall add, "Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let
him go home so that his brothers will not become disheartened too."
32:30 How could one man chase a thousand, or two put ten thousand to
flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
JOS 2:11 When we heard of it, our hearts melted and everyone's courage
failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in heaven above and on
the earth below.
5:1 Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the
Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the Jordan
before the Israelites until we had crossed over, their hearts melted and
they no longer had the courage to face the Israelites.
7:5 who killed about thirty-six of them. They chased the Israelites from
the city gate as far as the stone quarries and struck them down on the
slopes. At this the hearts of the people melted and became like water.
10:16 Now the five kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah.
23:10 One of you routs a thousand, because the LORD your God fights for
you, just as he promised.
JDG 7:3 announce now to the people, 'Anyone who trembles with fear may
turn back and leave Mount Gilead.'" So twenty-two thousand men left, while
ten thousand remained.
1SA 13:6 When the men of Israel saw that their situation was critical and
that their army was hard pressed, they hid in caves and thickets, among the
rocks, and in pits and cisterns.
7 Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul
remained at Gilgal, and all the troops with him were quaking with fear.
16:2 But Samuel said, "How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me."
The LORD said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice
to the LORD.'
17:24 When the Israelites saw the man, they all ran from him in great
fear.
2SA 15:13 A messenger came and told David, "The hearts of the men of
Israel are with Absalom."
14 Then David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem,
"Come! We must flee, or none of us will escape from Absalom. We must leave
immediately, or he will move quickly to overtake us and bring ruin upon us
and put the city to the sword."
15 The king's officials answered him, "Your servants are ready to do
whatever our lord the king chooses."
16 The king set out, with his entire household following him; but he left
ten concubines to take care of the palace.
17 So the king set out, with all the people following him, and they halted
at a place some distance away.
JOB 15:24 Distress and anguish fill him with terror; they overwhelm him,
like a king poised to attack,
18:11 Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step.
PSA 78:9 The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned back on the
day of battle;
PRO 28:1 The wicked man flees though no one pursues, but the righteous are
as bold as a lion.
29:25 Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD
is kept safe.
ISA 51:12 "I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you that you fear
mortal men, the sons of men, who are but grass,
13 that you forget the LORD your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and
laid the foundations of the earth, that you live in constant terror every
day because of the wrath of the oppressor, who is bent on destruction? For
where is the wrath of the oppressor?
MAT 8:26 He replied, "You of little faith, why are you so afraid?" Then he
got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.
14:25 During the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking
on the lake.
26:56 But this has all taken place that the writings of the prophets might
be fulfilled." Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.
69 Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to
him. "You also were with Jesus of Galilee," she said.
70 But he denied it before them all. "I don't know what you're talking
about," he said.
71 Then he went out to the gateway, where another girl saw him and said to
the people there, "This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth."
72 He denied it again, with an oath: "I don't know the man!"
73 After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said,
"Surely you are one of them, for your accent gives you away."
74 Then he began to call down curses on himself and he swore to them, "I
don't know the man!" Immediately a rooster crowed.
28:4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead
men.
MAR 4:38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke
him and said to him, "Teacher, don't you care if we drown?"
6:50 because they all saw him and were terrified. Immediately he spoke to
them and said, "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid."
14:66 While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of
the high priest came by.
67 When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked closely at him. "You
also were with that Nazarene, Jesus," she said.
68 But he denied it. "I don't know or understand what you're talking
about," he said, and went out into the entryway.
69 When the servant girl saw him there, she said again to those standing
around, "This fellow is one of them."
70 Again he denied it. After a little while, those standing near said to
Peter, "Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean."
71 He began to call down curses on himself, and he swore to them, "I don't
know this man you're talking about."
72 Immediately the rooster crowed the second time. Then Peter remembered
the word Jesus had spoken to him: "Before the rooster crows twice you will
disown me three times." And he broke down and wept.
LUK 8:25 "Where is your faith?" he asked his disciples. In fear and
amazement they asked one another, "Who is this? He commands even the winds
and the water, and they obey him."
22:54 Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of
the high priest. Peter followed at a distance.
55 But when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had
sat down together, Peter sat down with them.
56 A servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked
closely at him and said, "This man was with him."
57 But he denied it. "Woman, I don't know him," he said.
58 A little later someone else saw him and said, "You also are one of
them." "Man, I am not!" Peter replied.
59 About an hour later another asserted, "Certainly this fellow was with
him, for he is a Galilean."
60 Peter replied, "Man, I don't know what you're talking about!" Just as
he was speaking, the rooster crowed.
JOH 6:19 When they had rowed three or three and a half miles, they saw
Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were terrified.
9:22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews, for
already the Jews had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was
the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
12:42 Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him.
But because of the Pharisees they would not confess their faith for fear
they would be put out of the synagogue;
43 for they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
18:16 but Peter had to wait outside at the door. The other disciple, who
was known to the high priest, came back, spoke to the girl on duty there
and brought Peter in.
17 "You are not one of his disciples, are you?" the girl at the door asked
Peter. He replied, "I am not."
25 As Simon Peter stood warming himself, he was asked, "You are not one of
his disciples, are you?" He denied it, saying, "I am not."
27 Again Peter denied it, and at that moment a rooster began to crow.
19:12 From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jews kept
shouting, "If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who
claims to be a king opposes Caesar."
13 When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the
judge's seat at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic is
Gabbatha).
14 It was the day of Preparation of Passover Week, about the sixth hour.
"Here is your king," Pilate said to the Jews.
15 But they shouted, "Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!" "Shall I
crucify your king?" Pilate asked. "We have no king but Caesar," the chief
priests answered.
16 Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. So the soldiers
took charge of Jesus.
ACT 16:27 The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he
drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the
prisoners had escaped.
GAL 2:11 When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he
was clearly in the wrong.
12 Before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles.
But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the
Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision
group.
13 The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy
even Barnabas was led astray.
14 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the
gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, "You are a Jew, yet you live
like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles
to follow Jewish customs?
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