Deuteronomy 33:12

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Of Benjamin he said, “The beloved of the Lord, he dwells in safety by him; he encompasses him all the day long, and makes his dwelling between his shoulders.”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 15:2

and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The Lord is with you, while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

Matthew 23:37

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!

Psalm 91:4

he will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

Isaiah 51:16

And I have put my words in your mouth, and hid you in the shadow of my hand, stretching out the heavens and laying the foundations of the earth, and saying to Zion, ‘You are my people.’ ”

Isaiah 37:35

For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.”

Isaiah 37:22

this is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him: “ ‘She despises you, she scorns you— the virgin daughter of Zion; she wags her head behind you— the daughter of Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 11:1

When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah, and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight against Israel, to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

1 Kings 12:21

When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

Deuteronomy 12:10

But when you go over the Jordan, and live in the land which the Lord your God gives you to inherit, and when he gives you rest from all your enemies round about, so that you live in safety,

Psalm 132:14

“This is my resting place for ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

Judges 1:21

But the people of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who dwelt in Jerusalem; so the Jebusites have dwelt with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

Exodus 28:12

And you shall set the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel; and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for remembrance.

Numbers 34:21

Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.

Deuteronomy 4:37

And because he loved your fathers and chose their descendants after them, and brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his great power,

Deuteronomy 32:11

Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions,

Deuteronomy 33:11

Bless, O Lord, his substance, and accept the work of his hands; crush the loins of his adversaries, of those that hate him, that they rise not again.”

Psalm 60:5

That thy beloved may be delivered, give victory by thy right hand and answer us!

1 Samuel 10:20

Then Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot.

2 Samuel 12:24

Then David comforted his wife, Bathsheba, and went in to her, and lay with her; and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. And the Lord loved him,

2 Samuel 12:25

and sent a message by Nathan the prophet; so he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord.

Jeremiah 12:7

“I have forsaken my house, I have abandoned my heritage; I have given the beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies.