Bible verses about protection

God our refuge and fortress

1. He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

   Psalm 91:1-2

   The one who dwells in the secret place of the most High abides under the shadow of the Almighty.

2. The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

   Psalm 18:2

   David stacks up pictures of safety: rock, fortress, deliverer, buckler and high tower.

3. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

   Psalm 46:1-2

   God is a very present help, so we need not fear even if the mountains fall into the sea.

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

   Proverbs 18:10

   The name of the LORD is a strong tower that the righteous run into and are safe.

5. The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

   Nahum 1:7

   God is a strong hold in the day of trouble, and he knows those who trust him.

6. The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.

   Deuteronomy 33:27

   Moses' blessing: the eternal God is a refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.

7. He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

   Psalm 62:2

   Because God alone is rock and defence, David says he shall not be greatly moved.

8. For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

   Psalm 61:3

   God has been a shelter and a strong tower from the enemy.

The LORD who keeps you

Psalm 121 uses forms of 'keep' and 'preserve' six times in eight verses.

1. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

   Psalm 121:3-4

   The one who keeps Israel never slumbers or sleeps.

2. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

   Psalm 121:5-6

   The LORD is your keeper and your shade, by day and by night.

3. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

   Psalm 121:7-8

   He preserves your going out and your coming in, from now on and for evermore.

4. The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

   Numbers 6:24-26

   The priestly blessing begins, The LORD bless thee, and keep thee.

5. And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

   Genesis 28:15

   God promised Jacob, alone and on the run, to keep him in all places he went.

6. But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

   2 Thessalonians 3:3

   The Lord is faithful to establish believers and keep them from evil.

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

   Psalm 4:8

   God alone makes us dwell in safety, so we can lie down and sleep.

Under his wings

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

   Psalm 91:4

   God covers his people with his feathers, like a bird sheltering her young.

2. Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

   Psalm 17:8

   David asks to be kept as the apple of the eye and hidden under the shadow of God's wings.

3. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.

   Psalm 57:1

   David takes refuge in the shadow of God's wings until these calamities be overpast.

4. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

   Psalm 27:5

   In the time of trouble God hides his people in his pavilion and sets them on a rock.

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

   Psalm 32:7

   God is a hiding place who surrounds his people with songs of deliverance.

6. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

   Psalm 125:2

   As mountains surround Jerusalem, the LORD surrounds his people.

Shield, armour and angels

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

   Psalm 3:3

   God is a shield for me and the lifter up of my head.

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

   Proverbs 30:5

   Every word of God is pure, and he is a shield to those who trust him.

3. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

   Psalm 91:11

   God gives his angels charge to keep his people in all their ways.

4. The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

   Psalm 34:7

   The angel of the LORD camps around those who fear him and delivers them.

5. And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

   2 Kings 6:16-17

   Elisha's servant saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire around them.

6. My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

   Daniel 6:22

   Daniel said God sent his angel and shut the lions' mouths.

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

   Ephesians 6:16

   In the armour of God, the shield of faith quenches all the fiery darts of the wicked.

Kept in his hand

1. And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.

   John 10:28-29

   No man can pluck Christ's sheep out of his hand or the Father's hand.

2. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

   John 17:15

   Jesus prayed that his followers would be kept from evil, not taken out of the world.

3. Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

   1 Peter 1:5

   Believers are kept by the power of God through faith.

4. Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

   Jude 1:24

   God is able to keep you from falling and present you faultless with exceeding joy.

5. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

   Isaiah 43:2

   God does not promise there will be no waters or fire, but that he will be with you through them.