Matthew 10:28

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Cross References (28)

  • Luke 12:4–5 (79)

    I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.

  • Isaiah 8:12–13 (42)

    “Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.

  • Revelation 2:10 (35)

    Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and y

  • James 4:12 (31)

    There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

  • Ecclesiastes 8:12–13 (27)

    Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fe

  • Romans 8:35–39 (27)

    Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger

  • Jeremiah 5:22 (26)

    Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the

  • Isaiah 51:12 (26)

    “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?

  • Hebrews 12:28–29 (20)

    Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably

  • Ecclesiastes 5:7 (19)

    For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.

  • Revelation 20:10–15 (19)

    And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prop

  • 1 Peter 3:14 (19)

    But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”

  • Isaiah 66:2 (17)

    Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem:

  • Isaiah 51:7 (17)

    Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be

  • Acts 20:23–24 (17)

    I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.

  • Psalms 119:120 (16)

    My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:8–10 (16)

    in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

  • 2 Timothy 4:6–8 (16)

    For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.

  • Matthew 25:46 (16)

    And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

  • Luke 16:22–26 (14)

    One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

  • Daniel 3:10–18 (13)

    You, O king, have issued a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and a

  • Hebrews 10:31 (13)

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

  • Matthew 10:26 (12)

    So do not be afraid of them. For there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not

  • Acts 21:13 (12)

    Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jeru

  • Mark 9:43–48 (10)

    If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go in

  • Hebrews 11:35 (10)

    Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might

  • Matthew 5:22 (8)

    But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brot

  • John 5:29 (7)

    and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of j