Bible Verses About Threats to Life

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;

As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:

And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.

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

Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.

And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.

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

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.

Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.

And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

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,

But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

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.

Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

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.

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;

David said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.