29 Bible Verses about Guards

Pilate said to them, You have a watch: go, make it safe as you know. And having gone, they secured the tomb, sealing the stone, with the guard.

And from fear of him the keepers did quake, and they became like dead men.

And having gone away, he spoke with the chief priests and the magistrates, how he might betray Him to them.

And the centurion and those watching Jesus with him, seeing the earthquake, and the things which took place, feared exceedingly, saying, Surely this was the Son of God.

And the shepherds were in that country, tenting out and keeping guard over their flock by night.

When the strong man armed may keep his palace, his goods are in peace:

Jesus said to the high priests, and magistrates of the temple, and elders who were assembled to Him; You have come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs.

And they speaking to the people, the priests and captain of the temple and the Sadducees rose up against them,

whom having seized, he also put in prison, having committed him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; wishing to bring him out to the people after the passover.

And having laid many stripes on them, they cast them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them safely:

and when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I was standing by, and consenting, and keeping the garments of those killing him.

and ascertaining that he is from Cilicia, said, I will hear thee, when thy accusers may also be present, having commanded that he should be kept in Herod's judgment hall.

having commanded the centurion to keep him, and let him have liberty, and prohibit no one of his friends from ministering unto him.

And when we came into Rome, it was permitted to Paul to remain to himself with the soldier guarding him.

So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the pretorian army, and to all the rest;

For if you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, but you have not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

Take heed to yourself and the teaching: continue in these things; for doing this you will indeed save yourself and those who hear you.

And Jesus said to them; See and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Watch, stand in the faith, be men, be strong.

And the peace of God, that passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Then you, beloved, foreknowing watch, lest, having been led away by the delusion of the ungodly, you may fall from your own stedfastness:

But if we put bridles into the mouths of the horses, that they may obey us; and we manage their whole body; behold also the ships, being so great, and driven by fierce winds, are managed by the smallest rudder, whithersoever the will of the steersman prefers; so also the tongue is a little member, and it boasts great things. Behold, how great a wood a little fire kindles!read more.
The tongue, a fire, the world of iniquity: the tongue sits down in the midst of our members, and corrupting the whole body, and setting on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire from hell. For every nature both of wild beasts, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of oceanic animals, is subdued, and has been subjugated to human nature: but no one of men is able to tame the tongue; an incorrigible evil, full of deadly poison.

stand guard over the beautiful deposit through the Holy Ghost who dwells in us.

and men from you yourselves will rise up, speaking perverse things, in order to lead away disciples after them. Watch therefore, remembering, that three years night and day I ceased not admonishing you with tears.

O Timothy, stand guard over that which has been committed to you, avoiding unsanctified, empty talks and oppositions of knowledge falsely so called,

Alexander the coppersmith showed to me much evil: the Lord will reward him according to his works. Whom you also watch for he resisted our words exceedingly.

Take heed to yourselves, and all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost has placed you shepherds, to shepherdise the church of God, which He bought with His own blood. I know, that after my departure grievous wolves will rise up against you, not sparing the flock; and men from you yourselves will rise up, speaking perverse things, in order to lead away disciples after them.read more.
Watch therefore, remembering, that three years night and day I ceased not admonishing you with tears.

Obey your leaders, and be submissive: for they are watching for your souls, as they shall give an account that they may do this with joy and not with grief, for this is unprofitable to you.

shepherdize the flock of God which is among you, not coercively, but willingly, for the sake of God; not for filthy lucre, but cheerfully.