Bible Verses About Searching for Refuge

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:

Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

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.

Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.

When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.

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.

Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge.

I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.

But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.

Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.

For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord’s anger.

Until I find out a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.

And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?

For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.