'Salvation' in the Bible

I have been waiting for your salvation, O Lord.

As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today.

But Moses said, Keep where you are and have no fear; now you will see the salvation of the Lord which he will give you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you will never see again.

So that day the Lord gave Israel salvation from the hands of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the sea's edge.

The Lord is my strength and my strong helper, he has become my salvation: he is my God and I will give him praise; my father's God and I will give him glory.

And Moses gave his father-in-law an account of all the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians because of Israel, and of all the troubles which had come on them by the way, and how the Lord had given them salvation.

And if you go to war in your land against any who do you wrong, then let the loud note of the horn be sounded; and the Lord your God will keep you in mind and give you salvation from those who are against you.

And I made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord God, do not send destruction on your people and your heritage, to whom, by your great power, you have given salvation, whom you have taken out of Egypt by the strength of your hand.

For the Lord your God goes with you, fighting for you to give you salvation from those who are against you.

But Jeshurun became fat and would not be controlled: you have become fat, you are thick and full of food: then he was untrue to the God who made him, giving no honour to the Rock of his salvation.

Who took the fat of their offerings, and the wine of their drink offering? Let them now come to your help, let them be your salvation.

Then Gideon said to God, If you are going to give Israel salvation by my hand, as you have said,

See, I will put the wool of a sheep on the grain-floor; if there is dew on the wool only, while all the earth is dry, then I will be certain that it is your purpose to give Israel salvation by my hand as you have said.

And the Lord said to Gideon, By those three hundred who were drinking with their tongues I will give you salvation and give the Midianites into your hands; let the rest of the people go away, every man to his place.

And the Zidonians and Amalek and Midian crushing you down, and in answer to your cry did I not give you salvation from their hands?

And the children of Israel said to the Lord, We are sinners; do to us whatever seems good to you: only give us salvation this day.

After this, he was in great need of water, and crying out to the Lord, he said, You have given this great salvation by the hand of your servant, and now need of water will be my death; and I will be given into the hands of this people who are without circumcision.

And Hannah, in prayer before the Lord, said, My heart is glad in the Lord, my horn is lifted up in the Lord: my mouth is open wide over my haters; because my joy is in your salvation.

And when the people came back to their tents, the responsible men of Israel said, Why has the Lord let the Philistines overcome us today? Let us get the ark of the Lord's agreement here from Shiloh, so that it may be with us and give us salvation from the hands of those who are against us.

Trouble is ours! Who will give us salvation from the hands of these great gods? These are the gods who sent all sorts of blows on the Egyptians in the waste land.

And do not go from the right way turning to those false gods in which there is no profit and no salvation, for they are false.

And Jonathan said to his young servant who had his arms, Come, let us go over to the armies of these men who have no circumcision: it may be that the Lord will give us help, for there is no limit to his power; the Lord is able to give salvation by a great army or by a small band.

And the people said to Saul, Is death to come to Jonathan, the worker of this great salvation for Israel? Let it not be so: by the living Lord, not one hair of his head is to be touched, for he has been working with God today. So the people kept Jonathan from death.

And all these people who are here today may see that the Lord does not give salvation by sword and spear: for the fight is the Lord's, and he will give you up into our hands.

For he put his life in danger and overcame the Philistine, and the Lord gave all Israel salvation: you saw it and were glad: why then are you sinning against him who has done no wrong, desiring the death of David without cause?

And the salvation of that day was changed to sorrow for all the people: for it was said to the people, The king is in bitter grief for his son.

My God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my safe place; my saviour, who keeps me safe from the violent man.

You have given me the breastplate of your salvation, and your mercy has made me great.

The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured:

Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.

For is not my house so with God? For he has made with me an eternal agreement, ordered in all things and certain: as for all my salvation and all my desire, will he not give it increase?

He was with David and went on fighting the Philistines till his hand became tired and stiff from gripping his sword: and that day the Lord gave a great salvation, and the people came back after him only to take the goods of the Philistines.

But he kept his place in the middle of the bit of land, and kept back their attack and overcame the Philistines: and the Lord gave a great salvation.

Now Naaman, chief of the army of the king of Aram, was a man of high position with his master, and greatly respected, because by him the Lord had given salvation to Aram; but he was a leper.

Then he said; Let the window be open to the east: and he got it open. Then Elisha said, Let the arrow go; and he let it go. And he said, The Lord's arrow of salvation, of salvation over Aram; for you will overcome the Aramaeans in Aphek and put an end to them.

And you are to give worship to the Lord your God; for it is he who will give you salvation from the hands of all who are against you.

This is what the king says: Do not be tricked by Hezekiah, for there is no salvation for you in him.

But now, O Lord our God, give us salvation from his hands, so that it may be clear to all the kingdoms of the earth that you and only you, O Lord, are God.

And he took up his position in the middle of the bit of land, and kept back their attack, and overcame the Philistines; and the Lord gave a great salvation.

Make songs to the Lord, all the earth; give the good news of his salvation day by day.

And say, Be our saviour, O God of our salvation, and let us come back, and give us salvation from the nations, so that we may give honour to your holy name and have glory in your praise.

Up! now, O Lord God, come back to your resting-place, you and the ark of your strength: let your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints be glad in what is good.

And the Lord, seeing that they had made themselves low, said to Shemaiah, They have made themselves low: I will not send destruction on them, but in a short time I will give them salvation, and will not let loose my wrath on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

If evil comes on us, the sword, or punishment, or disease, or need of food, we will come to this house and to you, (for your name is in this house,) crying to you in our trouble, and you will give us salvation in answer to our cry.

There will be no need for you to take up arms in this fight; put yourselves in position, and keep where you are, and you will see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: have no fear and do not be troubled: go out against them tomorrow, for the Lord is with you.

And so the wrath of the Lord was moved against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said, Why have you gone after the gods of the people who have not given their people salvation from your hands?

Is it not Hezekiah who has got you to do it, causing your death from need of food and water, by saying, The Lord our God will give us salvation out of the hands of the king of Assyria?

So the Lord gave Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem salvation from the power of Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, and from all others, giving them rest on every side.

Then we went away from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was on us, and he gave us salvation from our haters and those who were waiting to make an attack on us by the way.

But when they had rest, they did evil again before you: so you gave them into the hands of their haters, who had rule over them: but when they came back and made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; again and again, in your mercy, you gave them salvation;

If at this time you say nothing, then help and salvation will come to the Jews from some other place, but you and your father's family will come to destruction: and who is to say that you have not come to the kingdom even for such a time as this?

And the other Jews in every division of the kingdom came together, fighting for their lives, and got salvation from their haters and put seventy-five thousand of them to death; but they did not put a hand on their goods.

And that will be my salvation, for an evil-doer would not come before him,

There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.

How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?

He makes safe the man who is free from sin, and if your hands are clean, salvation will be yours.

How have you given help to him who has no power! how have you been the salvation of the arm which has no strength!

He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble.

Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.

Come back, O Lord, make my soul free; O give me salvation because of your mercy.

So that I may make clear all your praise in the house of the daughter of Zion: I will be glad because of your salvation.

Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

But I have had faith in your mercy; my heart will be glad in your salvation.

May the salvation of Israel come out of Zion! when the fate of his people is changed by the Lord, Jacob will have joy and Israel will be glad.

The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

You have given me the breastplate of your salvation: your right hand has been my support, and your mercy has made me great.

The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured.

Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.

Let the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing in your eyes, O Lord, my strength and my salvation.

We will be glad in your salvation, and in the name of our God we will put up our flags: may the Lord give you all your requests.

Now am I certain that the Lord gives salvation to his king; he will give him an answer from his holy heaven with the strength of salvation in his right hand.

The king will be glad in your strength, O Lord; how great will be his delight in your salvation!

His glory is great in your salvation: honour and authority have you put on him.

Be my guide and teacher in the true way; for you are the God of my salvation; I am waiting for your word all the day.

Give Israel salvation, O God, out of all his troubles.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?

Let not your face be covered from me; do not put away your servant in wrath; you have been my help: do not give me up or take your support from me, O God of my salvation.

The Lord is their strength, and a strong place of salvation for his king.

You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.)

A king's salvation is not in the power of his army; a strong man does not get free by his great strength.

Our souls are waiting for the Lord; he is our help and our salvation.

This poor man's cry came before the Lord, and he gave him salvation from all his troubles.

Take up your spear and keep back my attackers; say to my soul, I am your salvation.

And my soul will have joy in the Lord; it will be glad in his salvation.

Your righteousness has not been folded away in my heart; I have made clear your true word and your salvation; I have not kept secret your mercy or your faith from the great meeting.

Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May the Lord be great.

You are my King and my God; ordering salvation for Jacob.

I will not put faith in my bow, my sword will not be my salvation.

Up! and come to our help, and give us salvation because of your mercy.

Give me back the joy of your salvation; let a free spirit be my support.

Be my saviour from violent death, O God, the God of my salvation; and my tongue will give praise to your righteousness.

6 May the salvation of Israel come out of Zion! When the fate of his people is changed by God, Jacob will have joy, and Israel will be glad.

Let your name be my salvation, O God; let my cause be judged by your strength.

By the power of your hand the earth is shaking and broken; make it strong again, for it is moved.

My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my salvation.

He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.

He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.

In God is my salvation, and my glory; the Rock of my strength, and my safe place.

You will give us an answer in righteousness by great acts of power, O God of our salvation; you who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of the far-off lands of the sea;

So that men may see your way on the earth, and your salvation among all nations.