Proverbs 14:26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
This reverential awe and admiring, submissive fear is the foundation for all spiritual knowledge and wisdom. We read in God,s word of His wrath in the Old Testament and the wrath to come in the New Testament which should instill that reverent fear we should have and helping us to know of our blessed hope. This fear of the Lord helps us to live the life we know we should live because we know it guarantees where we will spend eternity. The only fear that is permissible is the fear of God. All other fear comes from Satan who tries to kill, steal, and destroy everything to try to turn us from the saving grace of God.
Matthew 10:28 “And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”