100 Bible Verses About God's protection
Bible verses about God's protection
Delve into the comforting embrace of God's unwavering protection as revealed through scripture. Understanding this vital aspect of faith provides solace in times of uncertainty and strengthens our trust in the divine plan. These verses offer a powerful reminder that we are never truly alone, shielded by a love that transcends all earthly challenges. Explore these passages not just as words, but as beacons of hope, illuminating the path towards peace and reassurance in the face of adversity. Let them cultivate a deeper connection with the Almighty and instill an unshakeable belief in His constant care and guardianship over our lives.
Featured Verse
Isaiah 59:1 (KJV)
Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
God's Shield: Bible Verses for Protection & Safety
And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
And, behold, Boaz came from Beth–lehem, and said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they answered him, The Lord bless thee.
Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En–gedi.
And they cried unto the Lord, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the Lord thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.
The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
And the Lord said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not:
And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;
Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards.
And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg–ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.
He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly:
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the Lord passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.
The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God.
Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say;
And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the Lord because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the Lord brought the fear of him upon all nations.
And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
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.
And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place;
Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good.
Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
And Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth–el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:
But the angel of the Lord stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
In essence, these Bible verses paint a powerful picture of God's unwavering commitment to protect those who trust in Him. From promises of deliverance from danger and refuge in times of trouble, to assurances of His constant presence and watchful care, Scripture overflows with evidence of divine protection. Understanding and meditating on these verses can bring immense comfort and strengthen our faith, especially when facing life's inevitable storms. Reflect on how these promises resonate with your own experiences. Consider how you can actively invite God's protection into your life through prayer, obedience, and unwavering trust. Ultimately, embracing these truths allows us to navigate the world with courage and peace, knowing that we are sheltered by the Almighty's loving hand.