13 Bible Verses about God Keeping Watch
Most Relevant Verses
The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
Watching the evil and the good [in all their endeavors].
Take care and be on guard for yourselves and for the whole flock over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd (tend, feed, guide) the church of God which He bought with His own blood.
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips [to keep me from speaking thoughtlessly].
The Lord will guard your going out and your coming in [everything that you do]
From this time forth and forever.
and Mizpah (watchtower), for Laban said, “May the Lord watch between you and me when we are absent from one another.
“He found him in a desert land,
In the howling wasteland of a wilderness;
He kept circling him, He took care of him,
He protected him as the apple of His eye.
“Oh, that I were as in the months of old,
As in the days when God watched over me,
a land for which the Lord your God cares; the eyes of the Lord your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous [those with moral courage and spiritual integrity]
And His ears are open to their cry.
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you [who are willing to learn] with My eye upon you.
Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon those who fear Him [and worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and obedience],
On those who hope [confidently] in His compassion and lovingkindness,
Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am [actively] watching over My word to fulfill it.”
