'Guard' in the Bible
Then they understood that he had not told them to be on guard against the yeast in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Pilate said to them, "Take a guard of soldiers. Go and make it as secure as you can."
So they went with the soldiers of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.
While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened.
(Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him and lead him away under guard.")
Now there were shepherds nearby living out in the field, keeping guard over their flock at night.
For Jesus had started commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, so he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard. But he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.)
Meanwhile, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Then he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
"But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.
He went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard how he might betray Jesus, handing him over to them.
Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders who had come out to get him, "Have you come out with swords and clubs like you would against an outlaw?
Now the men who were holding Jesus under guard began to mock him and beat him.
While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the commander of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
Now when the commander of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this report, they were greatly puzzled concerning it, wondering what this could be.
Then the commander of the temple guard went with the officers and brought the apostles without the use of force (for they were afraid of being stoned by the people).
When he had seized him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him. Herod planned to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.
After they had beaten them severely, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to guard them securely.
he said, "I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive too." Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod's palace.
He ordered the centurion to guard Paul, but to let him have some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from meeting his needs.
But when Paul appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of His Majesty the Emperor, I ordered him to be kept under guard until I could send him to Caesar."
Guard against self-deception, each of you. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.
The whole imperial guard and everyone else knows that I am in prison for the sake of Christ,
And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
You be on guard against him too, because he vehemently opposed our words.
Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men and fall from your firm grasp on the truth.