An awful sense of the divine perfections is the best antidote against the fear of sufferings; did we fear God more, we should certainly fear men less ~ Matthew Henry

"It is the Lord of hosts whom you should regard as holy. And He shall be your fear, and He shall be your dread" (Isa 8:23). 

Endnote

Matthew Henry, Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible: Complete and Unabridged in One Volume (Peabody: Hendrickson, 1996), 1 Peter 3:8.