The fear of death is one of the most universal fears there is. These verses face it directly rather than looking away.
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“Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.”
Hebrews 2:14-15 (KJV)
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”
Psalm 23:4 (KJV)“O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?”
1 Corinthians 15:55 (KJV)Hebrews 2:14-15 is striking in what it names: the fear of death as a form of bondage — something that keeps people enslaved all their lifetime if it isn't met. And it says Jesus entered death specifically to break that power. The cross was not just about forgiveness; it was also about freeing people from spending their whole lives in fear of the one thing they couldn't avoid. That fear was specifically targeted.