Bible Verses About Seeking Shelter

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.

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.

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 Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

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

The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

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

And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

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.

They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

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

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

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

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

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.

They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

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

As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;

And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.

And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

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

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

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

So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.

I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.

I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. 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?

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.

The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

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

O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth.

And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place.

And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.

Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.