100 Bible Verses About Refuge

O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.

At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.

For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.

Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:

I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour.

But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.

In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.

And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.

And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.

Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.

(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;

Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.

I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.

Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.

Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.

Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,

Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.

Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.

And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;

How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.

He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.

For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.

Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.

And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth–dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.

The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:

And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.

They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

And he went unto his father’s house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.

Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;

These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man’s house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.

Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.

He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.

And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.

In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.

Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them:

For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.