Bible Verses About Defense
This collection includes 50 passages about Defense. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.
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Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
Scripture Passages
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
Ye shall not fear them: for the Lord your God he shall fight for you.
Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.
For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the Lord.
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
For the Lord is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lordβs, and he will give you into our hands.
Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
And the Lord sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.
That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
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