>>>Why do you fear your God! It indicates that you are driven by negative ideas. Oh, never mind... we'll probably never agree.
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>>The way the word is often used, I understand it not so much in the sense of being afraid, as the name seems to imply, but rather of having respect to God.
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>>See also http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=god-fearing
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>There is a difference of doing what your father says, either because you fear him, or because you respect him. Fear is not the same as respect.

Between humans this matters, but not between gods and mortals. The old testament seems to evoke more the fear of god, while the new is more the love of god.