'Saviour' in the Bible

Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, putting to death mother and child.

Now do not be troubled or angry with yourselves for sending me away, because God sent me before you to be the saviour of your lives.

The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.

for in a field he found her, she hath cried -- the damsel who is betrothed -- and she hath no saviour.

and thou hast been gropling at noon, as the blind gropeth in darkness; and thou dost not cause thy ways to prosper; and thou hast been only oppressed and plundered all the days, and there is no saviour.

thine ox is slaughtered before thine eyes, and thou dost not eat of it; thine ass is taken violently away from before thee, and it is not given back to thee; thy sheep are given to thine enemies, and there is no saviour for thee.

Happy are you, O Israel: who is like you, a people whose saviour is the Lord, whose help is your cover, whose sword is your strength! All those who are against you will put themselves under your rule, and your feet will be planted on their high places.

And whenever the Lord gave them judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and was their saviour from the hands of their haters all the days of the judge; for the Lord was moved by their cries of grief because of those who were cruel to them.

and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, and Jehovah raiseth a saviour to the sons of Israel, and he saveth them -- Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother;

And the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, and Jehovah raiseth to them a saviour, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite (a man -- shut of his right hand), and the sons of Israel send by his hand a present to Eglon king of Moab;

And after him came Shamgar, the son of Anath, who put to death six hundred Philistines with an ox-stick; and he was another saviour of Israel.

And the Lord, turning to him, said, Go in the strength you have and be Israel's saviour from Midian: have I not sent you?

And he said to him, O Lord, how may I be the saviour of Israel? See, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

But Joash said to all those who were attacking him, Will you take up the cause of Baal? will you be his saviour? Let anyone who will take up his cause be put to death while it is still morning: if he is a god, let him take up his cause himself because of the pulling down of his altar.

And Gideon saith unto God, 'If Thou art Saviour of Israel by my hand, as Thou hast spoken,

And the Lord said to Gideon, So great is the number of your people, that if I give the Midianites into their hands they will be uplifted in pride over me and will say, I myself have been my saviour.

Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Be our ruler, you and your son and your son's son after him; for you have been our saviour from the hands of Midian.

And the children of Israel did not keep in their minds the Lord their God, who had been their saviour from all their haters on every side;

Now after Abimelech, Tola, the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, became the saviour of Israel; he was living in Shamir in the hill-country of Ephraim.

But, for all this, you have given me up and have been servants to other gods: so I will be your saviour no longer.

and I see that thou art not a saviour, and I put my life in my hand, and pass over unto the Bene-Ammon, and Jehovah giveth them into my hand -- and why have ye come up unto me this day to fight against me?'

And they had no saviour, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with Aram; and it was in the valley which is the property of Beth-rehob. And building up the town again they took it for their living-place.

and ye to-day have rejected your God, who is Himself your saviour out of all your evils and your distresses, and ye say, 'Nay, but -- a king thou dost set over us; and now, station yourselves before Jehovah, by your tribes, and by your thousands.'

But certain good-for-nothing persons said, How is this man to be our saviour? And having no respect for him, they gave him no offering.

For, by the living Lord, the saviour of Israel, even if the sinner is Jonathan, my son, death will certainly be his fate. But not a man among all the people gave him any answer.

And David said, The Lord, who kept me safe from the grip of the lion and the bear, will be my saviour from the hands of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go! and may the Lord be with you.

So David and his men went to Keilah, and had a fight with the Philistines, and took away their cattle, and put them to the sword with great destruction. So David was the saviour of the people of Keilah.

And he said, The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour, even mine;

The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.

He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but your eyes are on men of pride, to make them low.

They look, and there is no saviour; Unto Jehovah, and He hath not answered them.

And the king took an oath, and said, By the living Lord, who has been my saviour from all my troubles,

(And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.

And the Lord had not said that the name of Israel was to be taken away from the earth; but he gave them a saviour in Jeroboam, the son of Joash.

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.

For God makes low those whose hearts are lifted up, but he is a saviour to the poor in spirit.

For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.

Has not my hand been stretched out in help to the poor? have I not been a saviour to him in his trouble?

So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.

My shield is on God, Saviour of the upright in heart!

Separate wonderfully Thy kindness, O Saviour of the confiding, By Thy right hand, from withstanders.

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.

He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.

They cry, and there is no saviour, On Jehovah, and He doth not answer them.

Our fathers had faith in you: they had faith and you were their saviour.

He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him.

Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen.

But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.

Be a saviour to your people, and send a blessing on your heritage: be their guide, and let them be lifted up for ever.

Into your hands I give my spirit; you are my saviour, O Lord God for ever true.

Let your servant see the light of your face; in your mercy be my saviour.

The Lord is near the broken-hearted; he is the saviour of those whose spirits are crushed down.

The Lord will be the saviour of the souls of his servants, and no one who has faith in him will be put to shame.

All my bones will say, Lord, who is like you? The saviour of the poor man from the hands of the strong, of him who is poor and in need from him who takes his goods.

But the Lord is the saviour of the upright: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

And the Lord will be their help, and keep them safe: he will take them out of the hands of the evil-doers, and be their saviour, because they had faith in him.

Though I am poor and in need, the Lord has me in mind; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O my God.

Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.

But it is you who have been our saviour from those who were against us, and have put to shame those who had hate for us.

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

Because it has been my saviour from all my trouble; and my eyes have seen the punishment of my haters.

As for me, I will make my prayer to God, and he will be my saviour.

Put them not to death, for so my people will keep the memory of them: let them be sent in all directions by your power; make them low, O Lord our saviour.

Be my saviour, O God; because the waters have come in, even to my neck.

Come near to my soul, for its salvation: be my saviour, because of those who are against me.

For God will be the saviour of Zion, and the builder of the towns of Judah; so that it may be their resting-place and heritage.

But I am poor and in need; come to me quickly, O God; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O Lord.

Keep me safe in your righteousness, and come to my help; give ear to my voice, and be my saviour.

For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper.

He will have pity on the poor, and be the saviour of those who are in need.

In the memory that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their saviour.

But he was their saviour because of his name, so that men might see his great power.

They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;

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

Give me help, O Lord my God; in your mercy be my saviour;

The Lord keeps the simple; I was made low, and he was my saviour.

I am yours, O be my saviour; for my desire has been for your rules.

O see my trouble, and be my saviour; for I keep your law in my mind,

A true witness is the saviour of lives; but he who says false things is a cause of deceit.

Do not say, I will give punishment for evil: go on waiting for the Lord, and he will be your saviour.

For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.

Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.

And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.

And in that day it will be said, See, this is our God; we have been waiting for him, and he will be our saviour: this is the Lord in whom is our hope; we will be glad and have delight in his salvation.

For this reason the Lord, the saviour of Abraham, says about the family of Jacob, Jacob will not now be put to shame, or his face be clouded with fear.

For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our law-giver, the Lord is our king; he will be our saviour.

Say to those who are full of fear, Be strong and take heart: see, your God will give punishment; the reward of God will come; he himself will come to be your saviour.

O Lord, quickly be my saviour; so we will make my songs to corded instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.

For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.

And the rest of it he makes into a god, even his pictured image: he goes down on his face before it, giving worship to it, and making prayer to it, saying, Be my saviour; for you are my god.

Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

So have they been to thee with whom thou hast laboured, Thy merchants from thy youth, Each to his passage they have wandered, Thy saviour is not!

And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

And as a saviour he will come to Zion, turning away sin from Jacob, says the Lord.

Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

The Lord has sent out word to the end of the earth, Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your saviour comes; those whom he has made free are with him, and those to whom he has given salvation go before him.