What does fear mean?
What do you fear?
Why do you fear what you fear?
1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
How do you reconcile this with other verses that tell us to fear God?

What is the FEAR OF THE LORD?

Proverbs 2:1-51
My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you,
turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding,
and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,
and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,
then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 8:13
To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.
Proverbs 19:9
The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the LORD are sure and altogether righteous.
Job 28:28
And he said to man, 'The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.'
Ecclesiastes 12:13
Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

Revere: to regard with awe, deference, and devotion

Phobeo: to fear
Reverential fear of God, as a controlling motive of the life, in matters spiritual and moral, not a mere fear of His power and righteous retribution, but wholesome dread of displeasing Him, a fear which banishes the terror that shrinks from His presence (Romans 8:15) and which influences the disposition and attitude of one whose circumstances are guided by trust in God, through the indwelling Spirit of God

“fear of God which is the Old Testament way of referring to true worship”

“the ‘fear of the Lord’ means fearing to dishonor the Lord. Which means fearing to distrust the Lord. Which means fearing to fear anything that the Lord has promised to help you overcome. In other words, the fear of the Lord is the great fear destroyer.” -John Piper.