Datasets:

makeittrue
/

fear-not-counts

license: cc-by-4.0
language:
  - en
  - zh
pretty_name: Bible "fear not" phrase counts (KJV + Chinese Union Version)
tags:
  - bible
  - text-analysis
  - religion

Bible "fear not" phrase counts

Verse-level counts of the phrase "fear not" and its common inflections in the King James Version, plus the equivalent 不要 constructions in the Chinese Union Version (和合本). Every row carries the matched verse text and the rule that put it in the file, so the counts are auditable rather than assertable.

Files

fear-not-counts.csv — one row per matched verse
fear-not-counts.json — the same data as JSON

Columns

lang, translation, rule, reference, book_slug, book, book_zh, testament, chapter, verse, text

The rule column says why each row is in the file.

Results

Rule	Result
Exact phrase `fear not`	62 verses
Exact phrase + common inflections (`fear not`, `feared not`, `fearing not`)	70 verses
`fear` in any form	400 occurrences in 385 verses
和合本 `不要` constructions	102 verses

The popular claim that "the Bible says fear not 365 times" has no documented source.

Source and method

Method write-up: https://trustbible.org/blog/how-many-times-does-the-bible-say-fear-not/
Project: https://trustbible.org/
CSV: https://trustbible.org/data/fear-not-counts.csv

License

CC-BY-4.0 — reuse, including commercially, with attribution.