Bible on Protection

And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.

And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.

For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.

Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,

And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.

But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.

Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

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

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

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

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

So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.

Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.

The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.

My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.

And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.

And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.

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

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

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

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

Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon’s princes;

Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;

They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.

O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

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

And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.

And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:

Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.