12 occurrences

'Defend' in the Bible

‘For I will defend 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 I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend 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 them the king granted the Jews who were in each and every city the right to assemble and to defend their lives, to destroy, to kill and to annihilate the entire army of any people or province which might attack them, including children and women, and to plunder their spoil,

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

Open your mouth, judge righteously,And defend the rights of the afflicted and needy.

Verse ConceptsSocial JusticeBeggarsPoverty, Remedies ForMan Defending

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

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

I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city.”’

Verse ConceptsGod, As Saviordefence, divineGod Defending

‘They are fat, they are sleek,They also excel in deeds of wickedness;They do not plead the cause,The cause of the orphan, that they may prosper;And they do not defend the rights of the poor.

Verse ConceptsOpposition, To Sin And EvilOrphansFat PeopleNot Helping The Poorprospering

The Lord of hosts will defend them.And they will devour and trample on the sling stones;And they will drink and be boisterous as with wine;And they will be filled like a sacrificial basin,Drenched like the corners of the 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 inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who is feeble among them in that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord before them.

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

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