Bible Verses About Sin: The fear of God restrains

And Moses said to the people: Fear not; for God is come to prove you, and that the dread of him might be in you, and you should not sin.

Know ye also that the Lord hath made his holy one wonderful: the Lord will hear me when I shall cry unto him.

By mercy and truth iniquity is redeemed; and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.