It’s not fear as in being afraid but a reverence or being in awe of God.

The Hebrew word Yirah is translated to "Fear" in English because we have limited word to describe it. unlike Greek and Hebrew. The Hebrew word for fear is yirah (יראה), which can also mean awe, reverence, and worship. The verb form of yirah is yare (ירא). The Greek word for "fear" in the Bible is phobos (φόβος). It can be used to describe both good and bad things, depending on the context. Hope i can help much more. The Bible wisdom is vast like the sea.

Its not fear like "omg im sooo scared of him, he's frightening",no. Its more of respect...

It’s more of a respect thing, you know the power he holds. Just like you wouldn’t just walk up to a lion in the wild because you know what it’s capable of there’s a level of fear you have of the lion because you respect it’s power.

The fear of God means to hate evil, he is a righteous Creator above all, so once you realize sinful/evil acts separate yourself from Gods love and favor and into the hands of the wickeds love and favor, you will build a strong conviction not to do those things which are not convenient to what God say do vs man that can die. Fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. Read all of Proverbs fr.

You have the wrong definition of God fearing.