Bible Verses About Seeking 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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

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.

For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

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

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 known in her palaces for a refuge.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;

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

For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

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

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.

And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

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