'Shield' in the Bible
After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.
They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?
And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.
Ye mountains of Gilboa, Let there be no dew nor rain upon you, neither fields of offerings: For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.
God, my rock, in him will I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; My saviour, thou savest me from violence.
As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; And thy gentleness hath made me great.
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.
And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three hundred'shekels of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
And of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory and the lifter up of my head.
For thou wilt bless the righteous; O Jehovah, thou wilt compass him with favor as with a shield.
Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; And thy right hand hath holden me up, And thy gentleness hath made me great.
Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him.
Our soul hath waited for Jehovah: He is our help and our shield.
Take hold of shield and buckler, And stand up for my help.
Slay them not, lest my people forget: Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
There he brake the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah
Behold, O God our shield, And look upon the face of thine anointed.
For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah; And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
He will cover thee with his pinions, And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: His truth is a shield and a buckler.
O Israel, trust thou in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield.
O house of Aaron, trust ye in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield.
Ye that fear Jehovah, trust in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield.
Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
My lovingkindness, and my fortress, My high tower, and my deliverer; My shield, and he in whom I take refuge; Who subdueth my people under me.
He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
Every word of God is tried: He is a shield unto them that take refuge in him.
They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.
And Elam bare the quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
Prepare ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Go up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, that handle the shield; and the Ludim, that handle and bend the bow.
And they shall come against thee with weapons, chariots, and wagons, and with a company of peoples; they shall set themselves against thee with buckler and shield and helmet round about; and I will commit the judgment unto them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.
Persia and Lud and Put were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
and I will turn thee about, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords;
Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress'spears are brandished.