Here are 47 Bible verses about protection and safety from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible (King James Version), sorted from most to least relevant.
Psalms 121:7 KJV
The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
Proverbs 29:25 KJV
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
Psalms 27:5 KJV
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.
Ecclesiastes 7:12 KJV
For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
Psalms 121:8 KJV
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
John 17:12 KJV
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
2 Samuel 22:3 KJV
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 saviour; thou savest me from violence.
Psalms 16:1 KJV
Michtam of David.
Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
Nehemiah 4:9 KJV
Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Psalms 102:28 KJV
The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
Proverbs 14:26 KJV
In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Psalms 27:1 KJV
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?
Psalms 12:7 KJV
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
Jeremiah 17:17 KJV
Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.
Job 5:21 KJV
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
Psalms 12:5 KJV
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Psalms 3:5 KJV
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
Proverbs 4:6 KJV
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Psalms 18:2 KJV
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.
Psalms 71:3 KJV
Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
Proverbs 30:5 KJV
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Proverbs 18:10 KJV
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Psalms 4:8 KJV
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
Isaiah 4:6 KJV
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
Psalms 61:3 KJV
For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
Psalms 25:20 KJV
O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Psalms 64:2 KJV
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
Psalms 121:5 KJV
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
Isaiah 30:3 KJV
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
1 Samuel 22:23 KJV
Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
Psalms 140:4 KJV
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
Proverbs 11:14 KJV
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Psalms 32:7 KJV
Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
Job 11:18 KJV
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
Isaiah 31:5 KJV
As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
Psalms 59:1 KJV
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.
Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
Psalms 41:2 KJV
The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
John 17:15 KJV
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
Psalms 140:1 KJV
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
2 Thessalonians 3:3 KJV
But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
Psalms 91:4 KJV
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Psalms 40:11 KJV
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
Psalms 31:4 KJV
Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
Isaiah 27:5 KJV
Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
Psalms 141:9 KJV
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Genesis 28:15 KJV
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.
John 17:11 KJV
And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
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