47 Bible Verses about Protection And Safety
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In peace I will both lie down and sleep,
For You alone, O Lord, make me to dwell in safety.
He will cover you with His pinions,
And under His wings you may seek refuge;
His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.
For wisdom is protection just as money is protection,
But the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the lives of its possessors.
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
The name of the Lord is a strong tower;
The righteous runs into it and is safe.
“Then you would trust, because there is hope;
And you would look around and rest securely.
“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.”
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge;
My savior, You save me from violence.
“Or let him rely on My protection,
Let him make peace with Me,
Let him make peace with Me.”
The Lord will protect him and keep him alive,
And he shall be called blessed upon the earth;
And do not give him over to the desire of his enemies.
Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
Preserve me from violent men
Who have purposed to trip up my feet.
You will pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my strength.
For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle;
In the secret place of His tent He will hide me;
He will lift me up on a rock.
“You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,
And you will not be afraid of violence when it comes.
While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks my life seeks your life, for you are safe with me.”
Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me,
And from the snares of those who do iniquity.
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.
There will be a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and refuge and protection from the storm and the rain.
“Therefore the safety of Pharaoh will be your shame
And the shelter in the shadow of Egypt, your humiliation.
I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.
The fear of man brings a snare,
But he who trusts in the Lord will be exalted.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
Rescue me, O Lord, from evil men;
Preserve me from violent men
For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David, when Saul sent men and they watched the house in order to kill him.
Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;
Set me securely on high away from those who rise up against me.
Every word of God is tested;
He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers,
From the tumult of those who do iniquity,
You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble;
You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.
A Psalm of David.
The Lord is my light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the defense of my life;
Whom shall I dread?
But we prayed to our God, and because of them we set up a guard against them day and night.
“Do not forsake her, and she will guard you;
Love her, and she will watch over you.
You, O Lord, will keep them;
You will preserve him from this generation forever.
Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come;
You have given commandment to save me,
For You are my rock and my fortress.
Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
“The children of Your servants will continue,
And their descendants will be established before You.”
In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence,
And his children will have refuge.
Guard my soul and deliver me;
Do not let me be ashamed, for I take refuge in You.
Like flying birds so the Lord of hosts will protect Jerusalem.
He will protect and deliver it;
He will pass over and rescue it.
I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are.
The Lord will guard your going out and your coming in
From this time forth and forever.
You, O Lord, will not withhold Your compassion from me;
Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me.
Where there is no guidance the people fall,
But in abundance of counselors there is victory.
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