46 Bible Verses about Protection From Enemies

{To the Chanter, Destroy Not, Michtam of David, when Saul sent to watch the house, to the intent to kill him} Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, and defend me from them that rise up against me.

The LORD shall preserve him, and keep him alive: he shall make him to prosper upon earth, and shall not deliver him into the will of his enemies.

Keep me, O LORD, from the hand of the ungodly; preserve me from the wicked men, who are purposed to overthrow my goings.

The LORD preserveth thee from all evil; yea, it is the LORD that keepeth thy soul.

Moreover, the LORD will turn from thee all manner infirmities, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt - which thou knowest - upon thee, but will send them upon them that hate thee.

Draw me out of the net that they have laid privily for me, for thou art my strength.

And delivereth me from mine enemies: thou liftest me up on high from them that rise against me, and deliverest me from the wicked men.

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

Keep me from the snare that they have laid for me, and from the traps of the wicked doers.

Hide me from the gathering together of the froward, and from the insurrection of wicked doers,

He shall deliver me from my strongest enemy, and from them which hate me; for they are too mighty for me. {TYNDALE: He delivered me from my mighty enemy, and from them that hated me and were too strong for me.}

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: destroy thou them in thy truth!

But praised be the LORD, which hath not given us over for a prey unto their teeth.

from the ungodly that trouble me. Mine enemies compass me round about, to take away my soul.

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Deliver me, o LORD, from the evil men, and preserve me from the wicked men,

Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies, for I resort unto thee to hide me.

But in any wise, rebel not against the LORD. Moreover fear ye not the people of the land, for they are but bread for us. Their shield is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not therefore."

Happy is the man, that hath his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

For they intended mischief against thee, and imagined such a device as they are not able to perform.

for thou art my hope, a strong tower for me against the enemy.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, yet shalt thou refresh me; thou shalt stretch forth thine hand upon the furiousness of mine enemies, and thy righthand shall save me.

I will not be afraid for ten thousands of the people that have set themselves against me.

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his tabernacle; yea in the secret place of his dwelling shall he hide me, and set me up upon a rock of stone.

Thou hast made mine enemies also to turn their backs upon me, and I shall destroy them that hate me. {TYNDALE: And thou madest mine enemies to turn their backs to me, and them that hated me, and I destroyed them.}

It is he that delivereth me from my cruel enemies, and setteth me up against mine adversaries: thou shalt rid me from the wicked man. {TYNDALE: And delivereth me from mine enemies: thou liftest me up on high from them that rise against me, and deliverest me from the wicked men.}

Keep me as the apple of an eye; hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

And the LORD answered me, "Lead not I thee then unto good? Come not I to thee, when thou art in trouble? And help thee, when thine enemy oppresseth thee?

They imagine craftily against thy people, and take counsel against thy secret ones.

Yea, I myself, sayeth the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be honored in her.'

I the LORD keep it, and water it in due season. I watch day and night, that no man break into it.

Arise, LORD, and help me, O my God: for thou smitest all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

They shall fight against thee, but they shall not be able to overcome thee: for I am with thee, to deliver thee, sayeth the LORD."

Nevertheless, we made our prayer unto our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night over against them.

My God, I have put my trust in thee. O let me not be confounded, neither let mine enemies triumph over me.

Moreover, the noise of thy enemies shall be like thin dust, and the multitude of tyrants shall be as the dry straw that cannot tarry: even suddenly and in haste shall their blast go.

But thou, O LORD, art my defender; thou art my worship, and the lifter up of my head.

And the LORD shall stand by them, and save them; he shall deliver them from the ungodly, and shall save them, because they put their trust in him.

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble. The name of the God of Jacob defend thee;

but the Lord is faithful, which shall establish you, and keep you from evil.

When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

For the LORD thy God goeth with you to fight for you against your enemies and to save you.'

The LORD is my stony rock, and my defense, my Saviour, my God, and my might, in whom I will trust, my buckler, the horn also of my salvation, and my refuge. {TYNDALE: The LORD is my rock, my castle and my deliverer. God is my strength, and in him will I trust: my shield and the horn that defendeth me: mine high hold and refuge.}

Deliver me not over into the will of mine adversaries; for there are false witnesses risen up against me, and such as imagine mischief.

And there was a certain widow in the same city, which came unto him saying, 'Avenge me of mine adversary.'

Arise, LORD, disappoint him, and cast him down; deliver my soul with thy sword from the ungodly -

O deliver me from the wicked doers, and save me from the bloodthirsty men.