29 Bible Verses about Guards

Pilate said to them, "Take a guard of soldiers, go and make it as secure as you can." So off they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the boulder and setting the guard.

For fear of him the sentries shook and became like dead men;

who went off to discuss with the high priests and commanders how he could betray him to them.

Now when the army-captain and his men who were watching Jesus saw the earthquake and all that happened, they were dreadfully afraid; they said, "This man was certainly a son of God!"

There were some shepherds in the district who were out in the fields keeping guard over their flocks by night;

When the strong man in armour guards his homestead, his property is undisturbed;

Then he said to the high priests and commanders of the temple and elders who had appeared to take him, "Have you sallied out to arrest me like a robber, with swords and cudgels?

While they were speaking to the people, they were surprised by the priests, the commander of the temple, and the Sadducees,

After arresting him he put him in prison, handing him over to a guard of sixteen soldiers, with the intention of producing him to the People after the passover.

had many lashes inflicted on them and put them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safe.

and that I stood and approved when the blood of your martyr Stephen was being shed, taking charge of the clothes of his murderers!'

he said, "I will go into your case whenever your accusers arrive," giving orders that he was to be kept in the praetorium of Herod.

He gave orders to the officer to have Paul kept in custody but to allow him some freedom and not to prevent any of his own people from rendering him any service.

When we did reach Rome, Paul got permission to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him.

throughout the whole of the praetorian guard and everywhere else it is recognized that I am imprisoned on account of my connexion with Christ,

You may have thousands to superintend you in Christ, but you have not more than one father. It was I who in Christ Jesus became your father by means of the gospel.

Watch yourself and watch your teaching; stick to your work; if you do that, you will save your hearers as well as yourself.

Jesus said to them, "See and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

Watch, stand firm in the faith, play the man, be strong!

so shall God's peace, that surpasses all our dreams, keep guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

Now, beloved, you are forewarned: mind you are not carried away by the error of the lawless and so lose your proper footing;

We put bridles into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, and so, you see, we can move the whole of their bodies. Look at ships too; for all their size and speed under stiff winds, they are turned by a tiny rudder wherever the mind of the steersman chooses. So the tongue is a small member of the body, but it can boast of great exploits. What a forest is set ablaze by a little spark of fire!read more.
And the tongue is a fire, the tongue proves a very world of mischief among our members, staining the whole of the body and setting fire to the round circle of existence with a flame fed by hell. For while every kind of beast and bird, of creeping animals and creatures marine, is tameable and has been tamed by mankind, no man can tame the tongue ??plague of disorder that it is, full of deadly venom!

Keep the great securities of your faith intact, by aid of the holy Spirit that dwells within us.

and men of your own number will arise with perversions of the truth to draw the disciples after them. So be on the alert, remember how for three whole years I never ceased night and day to watch over each one of you with tears.

O Timotheus, keep the securities of the faith intact: avoid the profane jargon and contradictions of what is falsely called 'Knowledge.'

Alexander the blacksmith has done me a lot of harm: the Lord will pay him back for what he has done (beware of him), for he has been bitterly hostile to anything I have said.

Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock of which the holy Spirit has appointed you guardians; shepherd the church of the Lord which he has purchased with his own blood. I know that when I am gone, fierce wolves will get in among you, and they will not spare the flock; yes. and men of your own number will arise with perversions of the truth to draw the disciples after them.read more.
So be on the alert, remember how for three whole years I never ceased night and day to watch over each one of you with tears.

Obey your leaders, submit to them; for they are alive to the interests of your souls, as men who will have to account for their trust. Let their work be a joy to them and not a grief ??which would be a loss to yourselves.

be shepherds to your flock of God; take charge of them willingly instead of being pressed to it, not to make a base profit from it but freely,