The commemorative issue of April 1996 is a wealth of historical information, chronicling events over the centuries.

Daniel 10:19 – ‘Do not be afraid, you who are highly esteemed,’ he said. ‘Peace! Be strong now; be strong;’ When he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, ‘Speak , my lord, since you have given me strength.’ Jeremiah 1:8 – ‘Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,’ declares the Lord Isaiah 54:4 – ‘Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.’

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I Kings 17:13 – Elijah said to her, ‘Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and make something for yourself and your son.’ Or’, ‘otherwise’ denotes choice, ‘or’ is for normal senseand ‘otherwise is for threat sense.Let me see you an example, Do ordie (in the normal sense). Do it otherwiseI will kill you. (If there is a threat, Conjunction become ‘otherwise’). Isaiah 54:14 – In righteousness you will be established: tyranny will be far from you; you will have nothing to fear. Terror will be far removed; it will not come near you. Isaiah 12:2 – Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.’

Luke 5:10 – and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, ‘Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.’ We operated out of that building for another 18 years after which the Celtic Media Group took over The Connaught, with headquarters now at Main Street in Castlebar. I Samuel 12:20 – ‘Do no be afraid,’ Samuel replied. ‘You have done all this evil; yet do not turn away from the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.’John 12:15 – ‘Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion; see, your king is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt’ Nehemiah 4:14 – After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, ‘Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your families, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.’ Jeremiah 42:11 – Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear. Do not be afraid of him, declares the Lord, for I am with you and will save you and deliver you from his hands. In Defense of Symbolic Convergence Theory: A Look at the Theory and Its Criticisms After Two Decades.” Communication Theory 4.4 (1994): 259–94.

Matthew 28:5 – The angel said to the women, ‘Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.’ Cragan, John F., and Donald C. Shields. Applied Communication Research: A Dramatistic Approach. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland, 1981. Another point I have observed is that some verses are fear-related, but it is more indirect than literally saying “do not fear.” This poses the question, how far can we take this? There are probably lots of Bible verses that somehow indirectly also have a connection to fear, or cast fear in a bad light (e.g. narrative that shows us a character getting into a bad situation because of fear). II Kings 25:24 – Gedaliah took an oath to reassure them and their men. ‘Do not be afraid of the Babylonian officials, he said. ‘Settle down in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go will with you.’ John 14:27 – Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.If a sentence has no/not/never in it, the clause connects with ‘or’ instead of ‘nor’. For example, John has no relation norfriend who can help him (here replace ‘nor’ with ‘or’). John 4:18 – There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.