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100 Bible Verses about Protection

Psalm 91:1-16 ESV / 370 helpful votes

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, ...

Isaiah 54:17 ESV / 351 helpful votes

No weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, declares the Lord.”

2 Thessalonians 3:3 ESV / 343 helpful votes

But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.

Psalm 32:7 ESV / 226 helpful votes

You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah

Psalm 46:1 ESV / 225 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV / 219 helpful votes

Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 213 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Psalm 34:7 ESV / 207 helpful votes

The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.

Proverbs 18:10 ESV / 190 helpful votes

The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.

Psalm 138:7 ESV / 185 helpful votes

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me.

Psalm 121:7-8 ESV / 138 helpful votes

The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.

Exodus 14:14 ESV / 136 helpful votes

The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”

Romans 12:19 ESV / 131 helpful votes

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 130 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

2 Samuel 22:3-4 ESV / 127 helpful votes

My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence. I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.

2 Timothy 4:18 ESV / 124 helpful votes

The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Psalm 17:8 ESV / 123 helpful votes

Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings,

Hebrews 13:6 ESV / 118 helpful votes

So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

Nahum 1:7 ESV / 117 helpful votes

The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.

Romans 8:31 ESV / 105 helpful votes

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Psalm 3:3 ESV / 105 helpful votes

But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.

Psalm 118:8 ESV / 99 helpful votes

It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.

Proverbs 30:5 ESV / 94 helpful votes

Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 92 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Psalm 18:30 ESV / 88 helpful votes

This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

Deuteronomy 28:1-68 ESV / 83 helpful votes

“And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God. Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. ...

Psalm 118:6 ESV / 80 helpful votes

The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?

Psalm 16:8 ESV / 80 helpful votes

I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

Psalm 16:1 ESV / 79 helpful votes

A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.

Ephesians 6:11 ESV / 78 helpful votes

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

Isaiah 46:4 ESV / 75 helpful votes

Even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.

Psalm 34:22 ESV / 72 helpful votes

The Lord redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.

Psalm 121:1-8 ESV / 67 helpful votes

A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand. ...

Psalm 119:114 ESV / 67 helpful votes

You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 63 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Psalm 59:16 ESV / 62 helpful votes

But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress.

Psalm 91:10 ESV / 61 helpful votes

No evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your tent.

Psalm 27:1 ESV / 60 helpful votes

Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Romans 8:28 ESV / 59 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

John 10:28-30 ESV / 59 helpful votes

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one.”

2 Corinthians 4:8-9 ESV / 58 helpful votes

We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 57 helpful votes

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

Psalm 91:4 ESV / 57 helpful votes

He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

1 John 5:18 ESV / 53 helpful votes

We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.

2 Samuel 22:32 ESV / 53 helpful votes

“For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?

Psalm 46:1-2 ESV / 51 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 ESV / 50 helpful votes

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.

Isaiah 1:17 ESV / 50 helpful votes

Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.

Psalm 125:2 ESV / 50 helpful votes

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, from this time forth and forevermore.

Psalm 34:19 ESV / 48 helpful votes

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

Psalm 5:11 ESV / 48 helpful votes

But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.

Psalm 121:8 ESV / 47 helpful votes

The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.

Genesis 28:15 ESV / 47 helpful votes

Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

Psalm 57:1 ESV / 45 helpful votes

To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave. Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by.

Ephesians 6:10-20 ESV / 43 helpful votes

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, ...

Isaiah 43:2 ESV / 43 helpful votes

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.

1 John 4:4 ESV / 42 helpful votes

Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

1 John 5:19 ESV / 39 helpful votes

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

James 4:7 ESV / 39 helpful votes

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Proverbs 12:21 ESV / 39 helpful votes

No ill befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

Psalm 23:1-4 ESV / 38 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Psalm 18:35-36 ESV / 38 helpful votes

You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great. You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 36 helpful votes

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 36 helpful votes

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Isaiah 43:1-3 ESV / 36 helpful votes

But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.

Proverbs 14:26 ESV / 35 helpful votes

In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and his children will have a refuge.

Luke 10:19 ESV / 34 helpful votes

Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.

Psalm 140:4 ESV / 34 helpful votes

Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 33 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Psalm 12:5 ESV / 33 helpful votes

“Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

Matthew 4:1-25 ESV / 32 helpful votes

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple ...

Proverbs 19:23 ESV / 32 helpful votes

The fear of the Lord leads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied; he will not be visited by harm.

Psalm 121:7 ESV / 32 helpful votes

The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 31 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood ...

Romans 13:4 ESV / 31 helpful votes

For he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.

Psalm 91:9-10 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place— the Most High, who is my refuge— no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your tent.

Psalm 4:8 ESV / 31 helpful votes

In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

Malachi 3:6 ESV / 29 helpful votes

“For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.

Leviticus 26:1-46 ESV / 29 helpful votes

“You shall not make idols for yourselves or erect an image or pillar, and you shall not set up a figured stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am the Lord your God. You shall keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord. “If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them, then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. Your threshing shall last to the time of the grape harvest, and the grape harvest shall last to the time for sowing. And you shall eat your bread to the full and dwell in your land securely. ...

Revelation 3:10 ESV / 28 helpful votes

Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth.

Proverbs 29:25 ESV / 28 helpful votes

The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.

Exodus 20:1-26 ESV / 28 helpful votes

And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. “You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, ...

Matthew 26:52-54 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword. Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?”

Psalm 46:10 ESV / 27 helpful votes

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”

Psalm 23:4 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

John 17:15 ESV / 26 helpful votes

I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.

Matthew 5:38-39 ESV / 26 helpful votes

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Daniel 12:1 ESV / 26 helpful votes

“At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book.

Psalm 41:2 ESV / 26 helpful votes

The Lord protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; you do not give him up to the will of his enemies.

John 14:15 ESV / 25 helpful votes

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

Psalm 91:7 ESV / 25 helpful votes

A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.

Psalm 91:1-3 ESV / 25 helpful votes

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.

Exodus 14:13-14 ESV / 25 helpful votes

And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again. The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”

Proverbs 27:12 ESV / 24 helpful votes

The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.

Proverbs 4:6 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you.

Psalm 59:1 ESV / 24 helpful votes

To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise up against me;

Psalm 91:1 ESV / 23 helpful votes

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ...

Matthew 4:7 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

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