God-fearing

[ god-feer-ing ]

/ ˈgɒdˌfɪər ɪŋ /

deeply respectful or fearful of God.

(sometimes lowercase) deeply religious; pious; devout.

Origin of God-fearing

First recorded in 1825–35

I grew up in a Florida suburb, the youngest of four children raised by two loving, God-fearing, middle-class parents.

Why Adrian Peterson Changed My Mind on Spanking |Brandy Zadrozny |September 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But, unlike another famously athletic and God-fearing Tim (Mr. Tebow), Howard is far less preachy.

Team USA Lost, but Tim Howard Is a Winner |Emily Shire |July 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In the God-fearing, heavily Baptist town of West Memphis, devil worshiping became a scourge to exorcise.

‘Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory’: Its Road to the Academy Awards |Lorenza Muñoz |February 22, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
South Carolinians are, on the whole, a God-fearing, loyal, polite, traditionalist and often, cagey people.

South Carolina’s School of Conservatism |Scott Stenholm |January 16, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

We are now served up daily portions of God-fearing Tim Tebow as antidote.

2011 Outrages of the Year: Donald Trump, Obama's Populism, Sandusky |Lee Siegel |December 30, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
But after all, they're harmless, God-fearing folk; the land is the better of them, and none the worse.

The Wizard's Son, Vol. 1(of 3) |Margaret Oliphant
They led a happy and God-fearing life, but they had no children.

Pine Needles |Susan Bogert Warner
The huge majority of Samoans, like other God-fearing folk in other countries, are perfectly content with their own manners.

A Footnote to History |Robert Louis Stevenson
I have often told you about the sweet, God-fearing wife he had then.

The Fourth Watch |H. A. Cody
I do not conceal my preference that you should have been a God-fearing man, though you were of humbler station.

In the Valley |Harold Frederic

God-fearing

pious; devout a God-fearing people