17 A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save.
18 But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,
19 to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
17 Everyone will hate you because of me.
18 But not a hair of your head will perish.
19 Stand firm, and you will win life.
17 "Here I will make a horn "grow for David and set up a lamp for my anointed one.
18 I will clothe his enemies with shame, but his head will be adorned with a radiant crown."
19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good things of the land;
20 but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
3 But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high.
22 Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.
1 Unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.
1 Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
2 He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples "under me.
15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.
8 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in humans.
6 So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?" [2]
1 Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge.
1 Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge.
14 The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still."
8 "Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me. "But you ask, 'How are we robbing you?' "In tithes and offerings.
9 You are under a curse —your whole nation —because you are robbing me.
10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.
1 I lift up my eyes to the mountains — where does my help come from?
2 My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
3 He will not let your foot slip — he who watches over you will not slumber;
4 indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD watches over you — the LORD is your shade at your right hand;
6 the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The LORD will keep you from all harm — he will watch over your life;
8 the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
32 For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
8 The LORD will vindicate me; your love, LORD, endures forever — do not abandon the works of your hands.
2 Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
8 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name like the names of the greatest men on earth.
11 Do not withhold your mercy from me, LORD; may your love and faithfulness always protect me.
10 The name of the LORD is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
10 The name of the LORD is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
7 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.
18 We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them.
16 You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.
11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of "your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one.
12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by "that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.
11 But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you.
12 Surely, LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.
10 to the One who gives victory to kings, who delivers his servant David. From the deadly sword
27 The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemies before you, saying, 'Destroy them!'
1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
4 Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds "; rejoice before him —his name is the LORD.
5 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
22 The LORD will rescue his servants; no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.
3 You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.
12 About Benjamin he said: "Let the beloved of the LORD rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the LORD loves rests between his shoulders."
7 The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.
31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
17 no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me," declares the LORD.
7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free,
8 the LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
9 The LORD watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
6 He put garrisons in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to him and brought tribute. The LORD gave David victory wherever he went.
6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7 He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
8 for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.
7 You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.
19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father's care. [2]
30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
20 Guard my life and rescue me; do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.
21 May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, LORD, "is in you.
14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
35 Then Jesus asked them, "When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?" "Nothing," they answered.
9 If you say, "The LORD is my refuge," and you make the Most High your dwelling,
10 no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent.
6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober.
29 Now be pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, Sovereign LORD, have spoken, and with your blessing the house of your servant will be blessed forever."
8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
19 Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.
30 As for God, his way is perfect: The LORD's word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him.
114 You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word.
23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
5 Like birds hovering overhead, the LORD Almighty will shield Jerusalem; he will shield it and deliver it, he will 'pass over' it and will rescue it."
5 "Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
5 "Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation — whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life — of whom shall I be afraid?
10 Let those who love the LORD hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
8 I keep my eyes always on the LORD. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
8 I keep my eyes always on the LORD. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
17 Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. "Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.
8 In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety.
8 In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety.
1 LORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me!
2 Many are saying of me, "God will not deliver him." [1]
3 But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high.
4 I call out to the LORD, and he answers me from his holy mountain.
5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.
6 I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side.
7 The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him,
10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
7 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
35 You make your saving help my shield, and your right hand sustains me; your help has made me great.
36 You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.
1 The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
12 The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
25 I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.
4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
12 Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves those who have it.
11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes.
6 I call on you, O God, for you will answer me; give ear to me and hear my prayer.
7 Show the wonder of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.
8 Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings
9 from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.
22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."
26 for the LORD will be at your side and will keep your foot from being snared.
11 I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth."
6 The LORD protects the unwary; when I was brought low, he saved me.
7 Return to your rest, my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.
8 For you, LORD, have delivered me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling,
9 that I may walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
11 But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by God will glory in him, while the mouths of liars will be silenced.
7 Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.
11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
1 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. [1]
2 I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."
7 For the king trusts in the LORD; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken.
8 Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies; your right hand will seize your foes.
9 At the time of your appearing you will make them like a fiery furnace. In his wrath the LORD will swallow them up, and his fire will consume them.
10 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
25 The righteous eat to their hearts' content, but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.
20 We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.
11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes.
12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
25 I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint."
3 Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
6 Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."
26 I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing. "I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing.
22 and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him.
31 The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the LORD.
6 Righteousness guards the person of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
18 "'Follow my decrees and be careful to obey my laws, and you will live safely in the land.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
10 The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
1 May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
2 May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion.
9 Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.
26 Whoever fears the LORD has a secure fortress, and for their children it will be a refuge.
16 But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.
4 Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
15 And if we know that he hears us —whatever we ask —we know that we have what we asked of him.
6 The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?