100 Bible Verses About Protection
Bible verses about Protection
In a world often filled with uncertainty, the concept of protection resonates deeply within the human spirit. Scripture offers a timeless source of comfort and strength, revealing God as our ultimate protector. Exploring these verses unveils the multifaceted nature of divine protection – a shield against physical harm, a refuge from emotional turmoil, and a safeguard for our spiritual well-being. Understanding these promises through the lens of faith empowers us to face life's challenges with courage, knowing that we are enveloped in God's unwavering love and care. Let these verses illuminate your path and remind you of the powerful protection available to all who seek it.
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Genesis 26:7 (KJV)
And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
God's Shield: Bible Verses for Protection & Safety
So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
Go not up, for the Lord is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
I will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:
And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the Lord hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.
For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God:
So David would not remove the ark of the Lord unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obed–edom the Gittite.
And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother.
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer–sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi–ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
And the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers’ skins, and the vail of the covering,
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.
There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
And the Lord discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth–horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we bless you in the name of the Lord.
But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.
Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
And Ishbi–benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.
For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the Lord will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.
To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;
My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the Lord;
Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
In essence, the Bible verses explored here illuminate a profound truth: God offers unwavering protection to those who trust in Him. From physical safety to spiritual shielding, these passages paint a vivid picture of a powerful and loving God actively involved in safeguarding His children. Whether facing tangible dangers or navigating the complexities of life, these verses provide solace and strength, reminding us that we are not alone. Reflecting on these promises encourages us to cultivate a deeper faith, to boldly approach God in prayer, and to live with confidence knowing that His protective hand is always upon us. May these verses serve as a constant source of comfort, empowering you to walk through life's challenges with unwavering courage and unwavering trust in the Lord.