125 Bible verses about God's Protection

There's nothing quite like the peace you find in God, knowing you're sheltered under His wing, safe and secure. Worries just seem to melt away, and you learn to walk with a quiet confidence.

His protection is unlike anything anyone else can offer. Human strength is limited, but God knows everything, sees everything, and can be everywhere, even places no one else can reach. Trust in Him, ask for His protection, and He will watch over you, holding you steady with His right hand.

If you consistently seek His protection, He’ll send His angels to surround you, and no harm will come your way. He’ll be your refuge, your calm in the storm. When those who seek your downfall gather, He will raise the banner of victory on your behalf.

Turn to Him, because there’s no one else on this earth who can conquer your fears and help you through your struggles. Put God first in your home, above your children and everyone else you love, and you’ll see Him become your unshakable fortress.

You won't have to run or live in uncertainty and worry, because God protects those who hope in Him and believe in His Word. He doesn’t lie, and He never breaks a promise. Once you decide to walk with Him, keep His commandments, and follow His teachings, you’ll experience true peace, just like Isaiah 26:3 says, “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.”

So today, let’s fill ourselves with peace, shake off the chains of fear, and believe that God is our protector, watching over us as closely as He guards the apple of His eye. When negative thoughts creep in, fight back with scripture and remember Psalm 91:9-12: “If you say, ‘The Lord is my refuge,’ and you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.”

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

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

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

A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

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.

Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.

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

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

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

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee, he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

The LORD will fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

The LORD will preserve thee from all evil: he will preserve thy soul.

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

And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me to his heavenly kingdom; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yes, I will help thee; yes, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

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

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is from me, saith the LORD.

Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

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

The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do to me?

He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defense; I shall not be moved.

What shall we then say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies, and thy right hand will save me.

But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and keep you from evil.

To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.

The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my preserver; thou savest me from violence.

I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies.

The LORD is my strength, and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

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

For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Because thou hast made the LORD who is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation;

There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

O LORD, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come to thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things in which there is no profit.

There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

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

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.

The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

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

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth me.

And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoary hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

But I will sing of thy power; yes, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble.

It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD my strength, who teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight;

I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee.

The angel of the LORD encampeth around them that fear him, and delivereth them.

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.

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

Teaching them to observe all things whatever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world. Amen.

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

They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him.

With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

Let your manner of life be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.

The fear of man bringeth a snare: but he who putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

Therefore will we not fear, though the earth shall be removed, and though the mountains shall be carried into the midst of the sea;

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.

The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my preserver; thou savest me from violence.

And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, will keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

In the time when I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do to me.

A Song of degrees. I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from whence cometh my help.

My help cometh from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Yes, though I walk through the valley of the shades of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

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.

Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noon-day.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

Nor hight, nor depth, nor any other creature, will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

He that is our God is the God of salvation; and to GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.

So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him.

But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

And the LORD will help them, and deliver them: he will deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

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

But the LORD is my defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

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.

Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.

Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

For the LORD will be thy confidence, and will keep thy foot from being taken.

For thou hast been a defense to the poor, a defense to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us:

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

The LORD will preserve thee from all evil: he will preserve thy soul.

Therefore be not anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be solicitous for the things of itself. Sufficient to the day is its own evil.

I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD to you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word to thy servant.

It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.

The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

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

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.

And I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way side: they have set gins for me. Selah.

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

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.

Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.

O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.

Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.

The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.

But my God will supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies;

Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

Though its waters shall roar and be disturbed, though the mountains shake with the swelling of it. Selah.

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ:

BETH. Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed to it, according to thy word.

I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass;

Because thou hast made the LORD who is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation;

But whoever hearkeneth to me shall dwell in safety, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

In the day when I cried thou didst answer me, and strengthen me with strength in my soul.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own conceit.

A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD, shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

They cried to thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.

JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.

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.

Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

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