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118 Bible Verses about Protection From Evil
Think about Jesus, a righteous person who walked this earth. He represents ultimate wisdom and perfection. He's a true judge, incapable of lying, free of any mistakes. His love and compassion for us mean He feels our struggles, our everyday pain.
He’s the Good Shepherd, teacher, friend, brother, and our ultimate advocate. Trusting in other people doesn't guarantee victory, but as 1 John 2:11 says, Jesus Christ is our advocate with the Father.
No matter what you're going through, He knows and understands. Turning to Him as your defender is the best decision you can make. Having God as your ultimate ally guarantees a safe way out. His heart is pure, He doesn’t plot evil, and His thoughts are always good.
If you've been wronged or caught in a difficult situation, go to the Good Judge. Share your worries and let Him work on your behalf. Don't try to get even or seek justice on your own. Trust in God. Talk to Him, and He will hear your cry and come to your aid.
Stay close to Him and keep your peace, even when things are tough, because God has the final say. Knowing Jesus as your advocate, you'll see how He silences your adversaries. The devil's accusations against you will disappear through the power of Jesus' blood. Because of Him, you are free and live a life without condemnation. Hallelujah.
He who abides in the shelter of the Most High Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. No evil will befall you, And no plague will come near your tent. ¶For He will command His angels concerning you, To guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, Lest you strike your foot against a stone. You will tread upon the fierce lion and cobra, The young lion and the serpent you will trample down. ¶“Because he has loved Me, therefore I will protect him; I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name. “He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in his distress; I will rescue him and honor him. “With a long life I will satisfy him And I will show him My salvation.” I will say to Yahweh, “My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!”
“No weapon that is formed against you will succeed; And every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn. This is the inheritance of the slaves of Yahweh, And their righteousness is from Me,” declares Yahweh.
Yahweh will keep you from all evil; He will keep your soul. Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in From now until forever.
Yahweh is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
The name of Yahweh is a strong tower; The righteous runs into it and is set securely on high.
“Behold, I am going to send an angel before you to keep you along the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
And it will become a sign and a witness to Yahweh of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to Yahweh because of oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a Champion, and He will deliver them.
¶For He will command His angels concerning you, To guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, Lest you strike your foot against a stone.
We know that no one who has been born of God sins; but He who was begotten of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.
And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city.” ’
‘Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will make you mighty, surely I will help you; Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
Like flying birds so Yahweh of hosts will defend Jerusalem. He will defend and deliver it; He will pass over and provide a way of escape.
¶Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
¶But let all who take refuge in You be glad, Let them ever sing for joy; And may You shelter them, That those who love Your name may exult in You. For it is You who blesses the righteous one, O Yahweh, You surround him with favor as with a large shield.
Therefore thus says Yahweh, “Behold, I am going to plead your case And exact full vengeance for you; And I will dry up her sea And make her fountain dry.
Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.
In that day Yahweh will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who stumbles among them in that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of Yahweh before them.
so that we confidently say, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What will man do to me?”
But I will camp around My house because of an army, Because of him who passes by and returns; And no taskmaster will pass over them anymore, For now I have seen with My eyes.
I have set Yahweh continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Yahweh is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strong defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?
You are my hiding place; You guard me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.
‘And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’]
For in the day of calamity He will conceal me in His shelter; In the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock.
Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; Set me securely on high away from those who rise up against me. My God in His lovingkindness will approach me; God will let me look triumphantly upon my foes. Do not slay them, or my people will forget; Make them wander about by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield. On account of the sin of their mouth and the word of their lips, Let them even be caught in their pride, And on account of curses and lies which they utter. Destroy them in wrath, destroy them that they may be no more; That men may know that God rules in Jacob To the ends of the earth. Selah. They return at evening, they howl like a dog, And go around the city. They wander about for food And growl if they are not satisfied. ¶But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength; And I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning, For You have been my stronghold And a refuge in the day of my distress. O my strength, I will sing praises to You; For God is my stronghold, the God who shows me lovingkindness. Deliver me from workers of iniquity And save me from men of bloodshed.
You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the conspiracies of man; You keep them secretly in a shelter from the strife of tongues.
Be of sober spirit, be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. But resist him, firm in the faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished among your brethren who are in the world.
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you.
For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper And from the destructive pestilence.
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to do what has happened on this day, to keep many people alive.
never taking your own revenge, beloved—instead leave room for the wrath of God. For it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
¶“Because he has loved Me, therefore I will protect him; I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name. “He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in his distress; I will rescue him and honor him.
¶Though I walk in the midst of distress, You will revive me; You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will save me.
He will cover you with His pinions, And under His wings you will take refuge; His truth is a large shield and bulwark.
Are not two sparrows sold for an assarion? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.
Yahweh is for me; I will not fear; What can man do to me? Yahweh is for me among those who help me; Therefore I will look in triumph on those who hate me.
¶Yahweh is your keeper; Yahweh is your shade on your right hand. The sun will not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night.
But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh; He is their strength in time of distress. Delight yourself in Yahweh; And He will give you the desires of your heart. Yahweh helps them and protects them; He protects them from the wicked and saves them, Because they take refuge in Him.
“He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in his distress; I will rescue him and honor him.
And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
In peace I will both lie down and sleep, For You alone, O Yahweh, make me to abide in safety.
Yahweh is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him.
¶You will not be afraid of terror by night, Or arrow that flies by day; Of pestilence that moves in darkness, Or of destruction that devastates at noon.
When you lie down, you will not be in dread; You will lie down, and your sleep will be pleasant.
¶You, O Yahweh, will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually guard me.
¶Keep me, O Yahweh, from the hands of the wicked; Guard me from violent men Who give thought to trip up my steps.
Yahweh, You will establish peace for us, Since You have also performed for us all our works.
who rescued us from so great a peril of death, and will rescue us, He on whom we have set our hope. And He will yet rescue us,
But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.
Even now Lord Yahweh helps Me, Therefore, I am not dishonored; Therefore, I have set My face like flint, And I know that I will not be ashamed.
My lovingkindness and my fortress, My stronghold and my deliverer, My shield and He in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me.
And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace. In addition to all, having taken up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one, also receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,
You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Deliver me from the mire and do not let me sink; May I be delivered from my foes and from the deep waters.
Those who trust in Yahweh Are as Mount Zion, which will not be shaken but will abide forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So Yahweh surrounds His people From now until forever.
teaching them to keep all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
¶I will give you insight and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you.
So they will fear the name of Yahweh from the west And His glory from the rising of the sun, For He will come like a rushing stream Which the wind of Yahweh makes flee.
and he said, “Pay attention, all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: thus says Yahweh to you, ‘Do not fear or be dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours but God’s.
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
¶Cast your burden upon Yahweh and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.
Rescue me, O Yahweh, from evil men; Guard me from violent men “May burning coals be shaken out upon them; May He cause them to fall into the fire, Into bottomless pits from which they can never rise. “May a slanderer not be established in the earth; May evil hunt the violent man speedily.” ¶I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause for the afflicted And judgment for the needy. Surely the righteous will give thanks to Your name; The upright will abide in Your presence. Who think up evil things in their hearts; They continually stir up wars.
“Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
“In righteousness you will be established; You will be far from oppression, for you will not fear, And from terror, for it will not come near you.
“For I am Yahweh your God, who strongly takes hold of your right hand, Who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.’
Make sure that your way of life is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,”
Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
When I am afraid, I will trust in You. In God, whose word I praise, In God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can mere man do to me?
And the work of righteousness will be peace, And the service of righteousness, quietness and security forever.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Yahweh, my rock and my Redeemer.
Yahweh keeps the sojourners; He helps up the orphan and the widow, But He bends the way of the wicked.
¶Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
But now, thus says Yahweh, your Creator, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel, “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine!
May Yahweh answer you in the day of distress! May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high!
¶Do not move the ancient boundary And do not come into the fields of the orphans, For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their case against you.
Surely, thus says Yahweh, “Even the captives of the mighty man will be taken away, And the prey of the tyrant will be granted escape; For I will contend with the one who contends with you, And I will save your sons.
“I will feed those who mistreat you with their own flesh, And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine; And all flesh will know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
“If anyone fiercely attacks you it will not be from Me. Whoever attacks you will fall because of you. “Behold, I Myself have created the craftsman who blows the fire of coals And brings out a weapon for its work; And I have created the bringer of ruin to wreak destruction. “No weapon that is formed against you will succeed; And every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn. This is the inheritance of the slaves of Yahweh, And their righteousness is from Me,” declares Yahweh.