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.

1 Samuel 21:12KJV

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.

1 Samuel 22:5KJV

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

Psalms 60:7KJV

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.

Exodus 2:6KJV

They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.

2 Samuel 22:19KJV

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.

Ruth 2:4KJV

Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

Isaiah 45:15KJV

When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.

Proverbs 28:12KJV

He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

Psalms 89:26KJV

And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.

Genesis 33:12KJV

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.

1 Samuel 24:1KJV

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.

1 Samuel 12:10KJV

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.

2 Samuel 18:28KJV

The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

Psalms 121:8KJV

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.

2 Samuel 7:29KJV

And the Lord said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.

Judges 6:23KJV

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.

Psalms 144:2KJV

And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not:

1 Samuel 20:14KJV

And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.

Numbers 10:12KJV

For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;

Psalms 102:19KJV

Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

Psalms 77:15KJV

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.

Numbers 2:31KJV

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:

Exodus 33:2KJV

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:

Exodus 1:13KJV

Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

Psalms 52:1KJV

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.

2 Samuel 8:1KJV

He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.

Deuteronomy 10:21KJV

And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly:

1 Kings 18:3KJV

The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

Proverbs 18:10KJV

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.

Isaiah 54:10KJV

In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.

Psalms 71:1KJV

And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.

Numbers 21:10KJV

Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

Psalms 30:7KJV

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.

Joshua 4:11KJV

Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

Psalms 59:2KJV

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.

Isaiah 48:20KJV

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.

Ezra 6:12KJV

He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

Psalms 18:16KJV

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.

Exodus 15:26KJV

The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.

Psalms 118:18KJV

The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

Psalms 34:15KJV

Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:

Leviticus 23:42KJV

And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

Deuteronomy 26:6KJV

Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

Psalms 35:1KJV

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.

Nehemiah 9:12KJV

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.

Judges 7:11KJV

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

Exodus 1:21KJV

Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

Job 21:9KJV

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

Psalms 9:9KJV

Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

Job 39:12KJV

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.

1 Samuel 23:17KJV

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:

Psalms 35:15KJV

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Psalms 16:10KJV

Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

Psalms 66:20KJV

These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

2 Samuel 21:22KJV

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 18:2KJV

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;

Genesis 32:7KJV

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.

Genesis 45:8KJV

Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.

Psalms 38:21KJV

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

Psalms 17:9KJV

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.

1 Samuel 19:10KJV

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

Exodus 1:12KJV

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.

Nehemiah 6:16KJV

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,

Joshua 21:21KJV

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

Psalms 4:8KJV

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.

Psalms 112:7KJV

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say;

Psalms 124:1KJV

And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the Lord because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.

Exodus 8:12KJV

The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

Psalms 18:5KJV

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

Psalms 41:9KJV

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

Psalms 124:5KJV

That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.

Psalms 108:6KJV

Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

Psalms 119:165KJV

Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.

Psalms 59:17KJV

Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.

Isaiah 26:12KJV

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.

1 Kings 11:40KJV

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.

Genesis 24:7KJV

And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the Lord brought the fear of him upon all nations.

1 Chronicles 14:17KJV

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.

Genesis 21:17KJV

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:

Exodus 18:3KJV

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.

Psalms 71:3KJV

And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.

Judges 3:26KJV

Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?

Isaiah 37:11KJV

They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

Psalms 69:12KJV

Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

Isaiah 59:1KJV

And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place;

Deuteronomy 11:5KJV

Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good.

Psalms 122:9KJV

Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.

Deuteronomy 5:30KJV

He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

Psalms 105:17KJV

Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.

Psalms 119:134KJV

And Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)

Numbers 14:13KJV

Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

Psalms 48:12KJV

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.

Genesis 35:1KJV

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

Job 5:15KJV

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:

Isaiah 4:3KJV

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.

Numbers 22:24KJV

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.

Isaiah 38:5KJV

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

Psalms 142:5KJV

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.

Ezra 8:22KJV

The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

Psalms 89:22KJV

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.