67 Bible Verses about Guards

Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, And who is so faithful among all thy slaves as David, the king's son-in-law, who goes at thy bidding and is honourable in thy house?

and David cried to the people and to Abner, the son of Ner, saying, Dost thou not answer, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that dost cry to the king? And David said to Abner, Art not thou a man? And who is there like unto thee in Israel? Why then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? For one of the people came in to destroy the king thy lord.

And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy slave can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore, I will make thee keeper of my head all the days.

and casting stones at David and at all the slaves of King David; and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

He had more honour than the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. And David put him in his council.

He was the most honoured among the thirty, but did not attain to the first three. And David placed him in his council.

But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan, the prophet, and Shimei and Rei and the mighty men of David did not follow Adonijah.

And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king. And ye shall compass the king round about, each man with his weapons in his hand; and he that comes within these orders shall be slain. Ye must be with the king as he goes out and as he comes in.

And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and brought them, and afterward they returned them again into the guard chamber.

Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch; go your way; make it as secure as ye can. So they went and made the sepulchre secure, sealing the stone and setting a watch.

and for fear of him the guards shook and became as dead men.

Nevertheless, we made our prayer unto our God and set a watch over the builders day and night because of them.

And he went and spoke with the princes of the priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.

And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's and captain of the guard.

Now the rest of the people that were left in the city and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, carried away.

Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that had come over to him, with the rest of the people that remained.

Set up the banner upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for the LORD has deliberated and shall put into effect that which he spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.

Now when the centurion and those that were with him, guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was God's Son.

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

When an armed strong man keeps his palace, his goods are in peace;

Then Jesus said unto the princes of the priests and captains of the temple and the elders, who were come to him, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves?

And as they spoke unto the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him, intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.

And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely,

and when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by and consenting unto his death and kept the raiment of those that slew him.

I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.

And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his own to minister or come unto him.

And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the praetorian prefect, but Paul was allowed to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.

so that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace and in all other places;

For he shall give his angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands lest thy foot stumble against a stone.

So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubim and a flaming sword which turned every way to keep the way of the tree of life.

For though ye may have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet ye shall not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the measuring line of his inheritance. He found him in a desert land and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirs up her nest, flutters over her young, spreads abroad her wings, takes them, bears them on her wings,

Ye that love the LORD are to hate evil; he preserves the souls of his saints; he delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

And, behold, I am with thee and will keep thee in all places where thou goest and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

He keeps the feet of his saints, and the wicked perish in darkness, for no man shall prevail by their own strength.

As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is purified; he is a shield to all those that trust in him.

As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is precise: a shield to all those that wait in him.

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; he that keeps thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.read more.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

He keeps the person of the upright; he is a buckler to those that walk perfectly, keeping the paths of judgment and the way of his merciful ones.

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto those that put their trust in him.

I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest the enemy visit it, I will keep it night and day.

As birds flying, so will the LORD of the hosts defend Jerusalem; defending, delivering, passing over, and saving it.

For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will gather you together.

Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall gather thee.

Above all else, guard thy heart; for out of it flows the issues of life.

Take heed unto thyself and unto the doctrine; be diligent in this, for in doing so thou shalt both save thyself and those that hear thee.

Therefore, take heed to thyself and keep thy soul diligently lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life, but teach them to thy sons and thy sons' sons.

Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

The highway of the upright is to separate himself from evil; he that keeps his way preserves his soul.

He that keeps the commandment keeps his own soul, but he that despises his ways shall die.

And did he not make one, having in himself abundance of the Spirit? And why one? That he might seek offspring of God. Therefore take heed to your spirit and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. He that rejects her, sending her away, said the LORD God of Israel, covers the violence with his garment, said the LORD of the hosts; therefore take heed in your spirit, and do not be treacherous.

Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and keep yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.

And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Ye, therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things in advance, be on guard lest by the error of the wicked ye be deceived with the others and fall from your own steadfastness.

Set a watch, O LORD, upon my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens his lips often shall have calamity.

Behold, we put bits (or restraint) in the horses' mouths to persuade them, and we govern their whole body. Behold also the ships, which though they are so great are driven of fierce winds, yet they are governed with a very small rudder, wherever the governor desires. In the same manner, the tongue is a very small member and boasts of great things. Behold, how great a forest a little fire kindles!read more.
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our nature; and it is set on fire of hell. For every nature of beasts and of birds and of serpents and of beings in the sea may be tamed and is tamed by mankind, but no man can tame the tongue, which is an evil that cannot be restrained and is full of deadly poison.

Keep the good deposit committed unto thee by the Holy Spirit which dwells in us.

Also from among your own selves, men shall arise, speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after themselves. Therefore watch and remember that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, turn away from profane voices and vain things and arguments in the vain name of science,

Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: of whom be thou ware also; for he has greatly resisted our words.

Take heed therefore unto yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has placed you as bishops to feed the congregation of God, which he has purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that after my departing, grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also from among your own selves, men shall arise, speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after themselves.read more.
Therefore watch and remember that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.

Listen to your pastors, and do not resist them, for they watch for your souls as those that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief; for that is unprofitable for you.

Feed the flock of God which is among you, caring for her, not by force, but willingly; not for shameful lucre, but with willing desire;