Bible Verses About Protection of Life

He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.

The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.

The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.

The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.

And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:

Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.

Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.

Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.

For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the Lord.

For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

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.

My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.