'Protect' in the Bible

I am with you! I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you!"

And Jacob made a vow saying, "If God will be with me and protect me on this way that I am going, and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear,

So Laban asked, "What should I give you?" "You don't need to give me a thing," Jacob replied, "but if you agree to this one condition, I will continue to care for your flocks and protect them:

“I am going to send an angel before you to protect you on the way and bring you to the place I have prepared.

May Yahweh bless you and protect you;

The assembly is to protect the one who kills someone from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge he fled to, and he must live there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.

The Lord will protect you from all sickness, and you will not experience any of the terrible diseases that you knew in Egypt; instead he will inflict them on all those who hate you.

For the Lord your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you; so your encampments must be holy. He must not see anything improper among you or He will turn away from you.

When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will turn against us and destroy the very memory of us from the earth. What will you do to protect your great reputation?"

David called to Abner, “You’re a man, aren’t you? Who in Israel is your equal? So why didn’t you protect your lord the king when one of the people came to destroy him?

What you have done is not good. As the Lord lives, all of you deserve to die since you didn’t protect your lord, the Lord’s anointed. Now look around; where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”

It seems like you arrived just yesterday. Today should I make you wander around by going with us? I go where I must go. But as for you, go back and take your men with you. May genuine loyal love protect you!"

The man replied to Joab, “Even if I had the weight of 1,000 pieces of silver in my hand, I would not raise my hand against the king’s son. For we heard the king command you, Abishai, and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for me.’

Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab's other hand, and Joab stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa's intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri.

The king of Israel confirmed the matter about which the man of God had warned him. Having been forewarned, he was able to protect himself there on more than one or two occasions.

The two units who are off duty on the Sabbath will guard the Lord's temple and protect the king.

I did this because I was ashamed to ask the king for infantry and cavalry to protect us from enemies during the journey, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who abandon Him.”

Guard and protect them until you disperse them to the chief priests, the descendants of Levi, and to the family leaders of Israel at Jerusalem in the chambers of the Temple of the LORD."

So we prayed to our God and stationed a guard to protect against them both day and night.

Let all those who take refuge in you rejoice! Let them shout for joy forever, and may you protect them. Let those who love your name exult in you.

Certainly you reward the godly, Lord. Like a shield you protect them in your good favor.

You, Lord, will guard us;You will protect us from this generation forever.

A Davidic Miktam.Protect me, God, for I take refuge in You.

Protect me as the most precious part of the eye; hide me under the shadow of your wings

Protect me from the wicked men who attack me, my enemies who crowd around me for the kill.

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.May Yahweh answer you in a day of trouble;may the name of Jacob’s God protect you.

Even though I walk through the [sunless] valley of the shadow of death,I fear no evil, for You are with me;Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort and console me.

Protect me and deliver me! Please do not let me be humiliated, for I have taken shelter in you!

May integrity and godliness protect me, for I rely on you!

You are my hiding place;You protect me from trouble.You surround me with joyful shouts of deliverance.Selah

O Lord, you do not withhold your compassion from me. May your loyal love and faithfulness continually protect me!

The LORD will protect him and keep him alive; he will be blessed in the land; and he will not be handed over to the desires of his enemies.

He will rescue me and protect me from those who attack me, even though they greatly outnumber me.

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Davidic Miktam. When Saul sent agents to watch the house and kill him.Deliver me from my enemies, my God;protect me from those who rise up against me.

May he reign forever before God! Decree that your loyal love and faithfulness should protect him.

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.God, hear my voice when I complain.Protect my life from the terror of the enemy.

But as for me—poor and in pain—let Your salvation protect me, God.

Even the stock which Your right hand has planted,And [look down on] the son that You have reared and strengthened for Yourself.

Even the birds find a home there, and the swallow builds a nest, where she can protect her young near your altars, O Lord who rules over all, my king and my God.

Protect my life, for I am faithful.You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.

For He will give His angels orders concerning you,to protect you in all your ways.

Because he has focused his love on me, I will deliver him. I will protect him because he knows my name.

in order to protect him from times of trouble, until the wicked are destroyed.

But the Lord will protect me, and my God will shelter me.

The Lord will protect you from all harm;He will protect your life.

The Lord will protect your coming and goingboth now and forever.

I will protect her priests, and her godly people will shout exuberantly.

For the music director; a psalm of David. O Lord, rescue me from wicked men! Protect me from violent men,

Protect me, Lord,from the clutches of the wicked.Keep me safe from violent menwho plan to make me stumble.

O Lord, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!

Protect me from the trap they have set for me,and from the snares of evildoers.

so that He may guard the paths of justiceand protect the way of His loyal followers.

Discretion will protect you; understanding will watch over you,

Do not abandon her, and she will protect you. Love her, and she will watch over you.

Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.

They will protect you from an evil woman,from the flattering tongue of a stranger.

Keep my commands and live;protect my teachingsas the pupil of your eye.

The proud speech of a fool brings a rod of discipline,but the lips of the wise protect them.

The house of the proud the LORD will demolish, but he will protect the widow's boundary line.

If you see oppression of the poor and perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, don’t be astonished at the situation, because one official protects another official, and higher officials protect them.

You will protect a firm inclination [in] peace, [in] peace because he trusts in you.

I, the Lord, protect it; I water it regularly. I guard it night and day, so no one can harm it.

Like hovering birds,so the Lord of Hosts will protect Jerusalem—by protecting it, He will rescue it,by sparing it, He will deliver it.

Owls will make nests and lay eggs there; they will hatch them and protect them. Yes, hawks will gather there, each with its mate.

"I, the Lord, officially commission you; I take hold of your hand. I protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, and a light to the nations,

Now, this is what the Lord says, the one who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel: "Don't be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine.

I remove the guilt of your rebellious deeds as if they were a cloud, the guilt of your sins as if they were a cloud. Come back to me, for I protect you."

This is what the Lord says: "At the time I decide to show my favor, I will respond to you; in the day of deliverance I will help you; I will protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, to rebuild the land and to reassign the desolate property.

Do not be afraid of those to whom I send you, for I will be with you to protect you," says the Lord.

Do not trust in the deceptive and lying words [of the false prophets who claim that Jerusalem will be protected by God because of the temple], saying, ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’

So I will destroy this temple which I have claimed as my own, this temple that you are trusting to protect you. I will destroy this place that I gave to you and your ancestors, just like I destroyed Shiloh.

Then I said, "Lord, you give me strength and protect me. You are the one I can run to for safety when I am in trouble. Nations from all over the earth will come to you and say, 'Our ancestors had nothing but false gods -- worthless idols that could not help them at all.

How long will you go this way and that, rebellious daughter? Indeed, the LORD will create a new thing on the earth; a woman will protect a man.

The Lord says, "Army of Babylon, go and attack a nation that lives in peace and security. They have no gates or walls to protect them. They live all alone.

(Alef) Alas! The Lord has covered Daughter Zion with his anger. He has thrown down the splendor of Israel from heaven to earth; he did not protect his temple when he displayed his anger.

Pharaoh, with his massive army and large battalions won't protect him when mounds and siege walls are built to destroy many people.

He'll execute your citizens who live on the mainland with swords. He'll build siege engines to attack you. Then he'll construct siege ramps against you and build huge shields to protect themselves against you.

Be prepared. Yes, prepare yourself you and all of your many battalions that have gathered together around you to protect you.

In the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to strengthen and protect him.

Then I will surround my temple to protect it like a guard from anyone crossing back and forth; so no one will cross over against them anymore as an oppressor, for now I myself have seen it.

The Lord of hosts shall defend and protect them;And they will devour [the enemy] and trample down the slingstones [that have missed their mark],And they will drink [of victory] and be boisterous as with wine;And they shall be filled like sacrificial bowls [used to catch the blood],Drenched like the corners of the [sacrificial] altar.

For it is written:He will give His angels orders concerning you,to protect you,

There was a [desperate] widow in that city and she kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice and legal protection from my adversary.’

yet because this widow continues to bother me, I will give her justice and legal protection; otherwise by continually coming she [will be an intolerable annoyance and she] will wear me out.’”

And will not [our just] God defend and avenge His elect [His chosen ones] who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay [in providing justice] on their behalf?

I tell you that He will defend and avenge them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find [this kind of persistent] faith on the earth?”

By your endurance you will protect your lives."

I am no longer in the world,but they are in the world,and I am coming to You.Holy Father,protect them by Your namethat You have given Me,so that they may be one as We are one.

I am not prayingthat You take them out of the worldbut that You protect them from the evil one.

But the Lord is faithful and will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.

O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so-called "knowledge."

That is why I suffer as I do. However, I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I'm convinced that he is able to protect what he has entrusted to me until the day that he comes.

With the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us, protect the good treasure that has been entrusted to you.

and if he did not spare the ancient world, but did protect Noah, a herald of righteousness, along with seven others, when God brought a flood on an ungodly world,

Now to Him who is able to protect you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of His glory, blameless and with great joy,

For this reason, they are [standing] before the throne of God; and they serve Him [in worship] day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them and shelter and protect them [with His presence].