'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!"

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 as you journey and to bring you into the place that I have prepared.

"The Lord bless you and protect you;

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.

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?"

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 were receiving a thousand pieces of silver, I would not strike the king's son! In our very presence the king gave this order to you and Abishai and Ittai, 'Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.'

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

I was embarrassed to request soldiers and horsemen from the king to protect us from the enemy along the way, because we had said to the king, "The good hand of our God is on everyone who is seeking him, but his great anger is against everyone who forsakes him."

Be careful with them and protect them, until you weigh them out before the leading priests and the Levites and the family leaders of Israel in Jerusalem, in the storerooms of the temple of the Lord."

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

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

You, Lord, will protect them; you will continually shelter each one from these evil people,

A prayer of David. Protect me, O God, for I have taken shelter in you.

Protect me as you would protect the pupil of your eye! Hide me in the shadow of your wings!

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

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 distress. You surround me with shouts of joy from those celebrating deliverance. (Selah)

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

May the Lord protect him and save his life! May he be blessed in the land! Do not turn him over to his enemies!

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

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when Saul sent men to surround his house and murder him. Deliver me from my enemies, my God! Protect me from those who attack me!

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

For the music director; a psalm of David. Listen to me, O God, as I offer my lament! Protect my life from the enemy's terrifying attacks.

I am oppressed and suffering! O God, deliver and protect me!

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 me, for I am loyal! O my God, deliver your servant, who trusts in you!

For he will order his angels to protect you in all you do.

The Lord says, "Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him; I will protect him because he is loyal to me.

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 you in all you do, now and forevermore.

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,

O Lord, shelter me from the power of the wicked! Protect me from violent men, who plan to knock me over.

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

Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set.

to guard the paths of the righteous and to protect the way of his pious ones.

Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you,

Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will guard you.

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

In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

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

Just as birds hover over a nest, so the Lord who commands armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it; as he passes over he will rescue 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.

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.

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.

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.

for it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you,'

But the Lord is faithful, and he 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."

Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day.

Protect that good thing entrusted to you, through the Holy Spirit who lives within us.

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,