13 Bible Verses about Guarding Yourself

Be clear-minded and alert. Your opponent, the Devil, is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

Little children, keep yourselves away from idols.

Above everything else guard your heart, because from it flow the springs of life.

Pay close attention to your life and your teaching. Persevere in these things, because if you do so, you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.

I told myself, "I will keep watch over my tongue to keep from sinning. I will muzzle my mouth when the wicked are around."

See to it that you don't destroy what we have worked for, but that you receive your full reward.

Put on the whole armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the Devil's strategies.

Remain alert. Keep standing firm in your faith. Keep on being courageous and strong.

You, too, must watch out for him, for he violently opposed our message.

Only guard yourselves carefully so you won't forget the things that you saw and let them slip from your mind for the rest of your life. Tell them to your children and to your grandchildren.

Watch your step whenever you visit God's house, and come more ready to listen than to offer a fool's sacrifice, since fools never think they're doing evil.

Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the pointless discussions and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge.

Therefore, submit yourselves to God. Resist the Devil, and he will run away from you.