24 occurrences

'Defend' in the Bible

then hear in heaven their prayer and their pleading, and maintain their right and defend their cause.

Verse ConceptsGod Acts From HeavenPrayingsupplicationpetition

then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven Your dwelling place, and maintain their right and defend their cause,

Verse ConceptsGod Acts From Heaven

‘For I will protect this city to save it, for My own sake and for My servant David’s sake.’”

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with DavidGod Saves The NeedyFor The Sake Of God's People

I will add fifteen years to your life and save you and this city [Jerusalem] from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will protect this city for My own sake and for My servant David’s sake.”’”

Verse Conceptsdefence, divineAdding Blessing15 To 20 YearsFor The Sake Of God's PeopleRecoveryIllness

In it the king granted the Jews who were in every city the right to assemble and to defend their lives; to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any armed force that might attack them, their little children, and women; and to take the enemies’ goods as plunder,

Verse ConceptsPurimRules About Booty

Now the rest of the Jews who were in the king’s provinces assembled, to defend their lives and rid themselves of their enemies, and kill 75,000 of those who hated them; but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

Verse ConceptsFifty To Ninety ThousandJews Under ThreatHating PeoplesNumbers Of Foreigners Killed

But let all who take refuge and put their trust in You rejoice,Let them ever sing for joy;Because You cover and shelter them,Let those who love Your name be joyful and exult in You.

Verse ConceptsJoy, Of IsraelSingingSpiritual VitalityLove Towards God, Results InRejoicingShouting For JoyGod Being Our Defenceshelter

Judge and vindicate me, O God; plead my case against an ungodly nation.O rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man!

Verse Conceptsenemies, of believersInjustice, Hated By GodRescueGod Vindicatesvindication

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;Set me securely on an inaccessibly high place away from those who rise up against me.

Verse ConceptsMusicGod Saving From EnemiesGod's ProtectionProtection From EnemiesProtection And SafetyEnemy AttacksProtecting Your Family

“Do not turn away from her (Wisdom) and she will guard and protect you;Love her, and she will watch over you.

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human ImportancePeople Not AbandoningLoving GoodProtection And Safetypreservation

Your rulers are rebelsAnd companions of thieves;Everyone loves bribesAnd chases after gifts.They do not defend the fatherless,Nor does the widow’s cause come before them [instead they delay or turn a deaf ear].

Verse ConceptsGiftsBribery, Results OfExploitationsWicked RulersOppression, Nature OfOrphansReward, HumanRiches, Dangers OfRulersStealingLeadershipRulers, WickedCovetousness, Example OfEvil AssociationsCompanionshipNot Helping Widows

“As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols,Whose carved images were greater and more feared than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

Verse ConceptsGod Is Truthful

Like flying birds, so will the Lord of hosts protect Jerusalem;He will protect and save it,He will pass over and rescue it.

Verse Conceptsdefence, divineGuardsRemnantShieldsWingsGod Being Our DefenceBirdsProtection And Safetyflyingpreservation

‘For I will defend this city to save it, for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with DavidGod Being Our DefenceGod DefendingFor The Sake Of God's People

I will rescue you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city [Jerusalem].”’

Verse ConceptsGod, As Saviordefence, divineGod Defending

‘They are fat and they are sleek (prosperous),They excel in acts of wickedness;They do not plead the cause,The cause of the orphan, so that they [the wicked] may prosper,And they do not defend the rights of the poor.

Verse ConceptsOpposition, To Sin And EvilOrphansFat PeopleNot Helping The Poorprospering

“Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is His name.He will most certainly plead their case and defend their causeSo that He may bring rest to their land,But turmoil to the inhabitants of Babylon.

Verse Conceptsdefence, divineRedemption, In OtStrength Of GodGod DefendingHis Name Is The LordGod Is Strong

“These who pant after (long to see) the dust of the earth on the head of the helpless [as sign of their grief and distress]Also turn aside the way of the humble;And a man and his father will go to the same girlSo that My holy name is profaned.

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceLawsuitsProfanityHarlotsTrampling PeopleDust On The HeadProfaning God's NameHumble PeopleNot Helping The PoorMisusing God's Name

The Lord of hosts shall defend and protect them;And they will devour [the enemy] and trample down the slingstones [that have missed their mark],And they will drink [of victory] and be boisterous as with wine;And they shall be filled like sacrificial bowls [used to catch the blood],Drenched like the corners of the [sacrificial] altar.

Verse ConceptsdefeatSlingsGod Being Our DefenceCornersMoist ThingsSoundFilling PeopleSacrifice On The Bronze AltarFear Of StoningGod DefendingTemple Utensils In Use

In that day the Lord will defend the people of Jerusalem, and the one who is impaired among them in that day [of persecution] will become [strong and noble] like David; and the house of David will be like God, like the Angel of the Lord [who is] before them.

Verse Conceptsdefence, divineShieldsGod Being Our DefenceLike Good PeopleValidly Like GodWithout StrengthProtecting Your Family

Bible Theasaurus

Advocate (13 instances)
Champion (10 instances)
Defend (63 instances)
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Fence (12 instances)
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