Conspicuous Instances of Those Who Feared: Noah, in preparing the ark, Heb. 11:7. Abraham, tested in the offering of his son Isaac, Gen. 22:12. Jacob, in the vision of the ladder, and the covenant of God, Gen. 28:16,17; 42:18. The midwives of Egypt, in refusing to take the lives of the Hebrew children, Ex. 1:17,21. The Egyptians, at the time of the plague of thunder and hail and fire, Ex. 9:20. The nine and one-half tribes of Israel west of Jordan, Josh. 22:15-20. Phinehas, in turning away the anger of God at the time of the plague, Num. 25:11, with verses 6-15. Obadiah, in sheltering one hundred prophets against the wrath of Jezebel, 1 Kin. 18:3,4. Jehoshaphat, in proclaiming a feast, when the land was about to be invaded by the armies of the Ammonites and Moabites, 2 Chr. 20:3. Nehemiah, in his reform of the public administration, Neh. 5:15. Hanani, which qualified him to be ruler over Jerusalem, Neh. 7:2. Job, according to the testimony of Satan, Job 1:8. David, Psa. 5:7; 119:38. Hezekiah, in his treatment of the prophet Micah, who prophesied evil against Jerusalem, Jer. 26:19. Jonah, in the storm, Jonah 1:9. The Jews, in obeying the voice of the Lord, Hag. 1:12. Levi, in receiving the covenant of life and peace, Hag. 1:5. The women at the sepulcher, Matt. 28:8. Cornelius, who feared God with all his house, Acts 10:2. See Conviction of Sin; Faith.