Protection
43 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
25 sections
- Abraham
- Daniel
- David
- God is Able to Afford
- God is Faithful to Afford
- Illustrated
- Israel
- Jacob
- Joseph
- Not to be Found in Horses
- Not to be Found in Hosts
- Not to be Found in Idols
- Not to be Found in Man
- Not to be Found in Riches
- Paul
- Peter
- Saints: Acknowledge God As Their
- Saints: Praise God For
- Saints: Pray For
- Shadrach
- Withdrawn from The: Backsliding
- Withdrawn from The: Disobedient
- Withdrawn from The: Obstinately Impenitent
- Withdrawn from The: Presumptuous
- Withdrawn from The: Unbelieving
Abraham
- Genesis 15:1 After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
Daniel
- Daniel 6:22 My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”
David
- Psalm 18:1–2 I love You, O LORD, my strength. …
God is Able to Afford
- 1 Peter 1:5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
- Jude 24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy —
God is Faithful to Afford
- 1 Thessalonians 5:23–24 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. …
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
Illustrated
- Deuteronomy 32:11 As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.
- Psalm 125:1–2 Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever. …
- Proverbs 18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
- Isaiah 25:4 For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,
- Isaiah 31:5 Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”
- Luke 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
Israel
- Joshua 24:17 For the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through …
Jacob
- Genesis 48:16 the angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
Joseph
- Genesis 49:23–25 The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility. …
Not to be Found in Horses
- Psalm 33:17 A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.
- Proverbs 21:31 A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is of the LORD.
Not to be Found in Hosts
- Joshua 11:4–8 So these kings came out with all their armies, a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore, along with a great number of horses and chariots. …
- Psalm 33:16 No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
Not to be Found in Idols
- Deuteronomy 32:37–39 He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge, …
- Isaiah 46:7 They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.
Not to be Found in Man
- Psalm 146:3 Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
- Isaiah 30:7 Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.
Not to be Found in Riches
- Proverbs 11:4 Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
- Proverbs 11:28 He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.
- Zephaniah 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.
Paul
- Acts 18:10 For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.”
- Acts 26:17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
Peter
- Acts 12:4–7 He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover. …
Saints: Acknowledge God As Their
- Psalm 18:2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Psalm 62:2 He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.
- Psalm 89:18 Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
Saints: Praise God For
- Psalm 5:11 But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever shout for joy. May You shelter them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.
Saints: Pray For
- Psalm 17:5 My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.
- Psalm 17:8 Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
- Isaiah 51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
Shadrach
- Daniel 3:28 Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or …
Withdrawn from The: Backsliding
- Joshua 23:12–13 For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them, …
- Judges 10:13 But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.
Withdrawn from The: Disobedient
- Leviticus 26:14–17 If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments, …
Withdrawn from The: Obstinately Impenitent
- Matthew 23:38 Look, your house is left to you desolate.
Withdrawn from The: Presumptuous
- Numbers 14:40–45 Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.” …
Withdrawn from The: Unbelieving
- Isaiah 7:9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not stand firm in your faith, then you will not stand at all.’”
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.