From a Scriptural standpoint, fearing God does not in any way rule out loving him. On the contrary, the Israelites were instructed to “fear Jehovah... so as to walk in all his ways and to love him. ”
अशाप्रकारे देवाचे भय बाळगल्यामुळे यहोवाने आपल्या पुत्राच्या याचना ऐकल्या, त्याला सांत्वन पुरवले आणि मृत्यूच्या तावडीतून त्याला सोडवले. — इब्री लोकांस ५: ७.