1487 verses about Safety

Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.

Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more.

Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem;

Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together;

Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.

If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say,

if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us;

then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;

then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forward and forever more.

For the scepter of wickedness won’t remain over the allotment of the righteous; so that the righteous won’t use their hands to do evil.

You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.

Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?

Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.

If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night”;

Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man;

Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.

Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.

For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Don’t leave my soul destitute.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my route. On the path in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.

I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.

my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues my people under me.

Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners;

Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.

Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.

He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.

But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm.”

He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;

Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

for length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to you.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won’t stumble.

When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

Don’t be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes:

for Yahweh will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.

Don’t devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.

Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.

When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.

Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.

Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.

The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.

No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.

In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.

The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.

A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul.

Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!

Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don’t destroy his resting place:

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.

A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.

When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous thrive.

The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.

“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.

Whoever carves out stones may be injured by them. Whoever splits wood may be endangered thereby.

Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.

Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty.

There will be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a refuge and for a shelter from storm and from rain.

Madmenah is a fugitive. The inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.

The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat; The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them.

The nursing child will play near a cobra’s hole, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.

They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.

Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”

The firstborn of the poor will eat, and the needy will lie down in safety; and I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant will be killed.

Give counsel! Execute justice! Make your shade like the night in the middle of the noonday! Hide the outcasts! Don’t betray the fugitive!

Let my outcasts dwell with you! As for Moab, be a hiding place for him from the face of the destroyer. For the extortionist is brought to nothing. Destruction ceases. The oppressors are consumed out of the land.

For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.

You saw the breaches of David’s city, that they were many; and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.

For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the dreaded ones is like a storm against the wall.

You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock.

Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.

I, Yahweh, am its keeper. I will water it every moment. Lest anyone damage it, I will keep it night and day.

Your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand. When the overflowing scourge passes through, then you will be trampled down by it.

His rock will pass away by reason of terror, and his princes will be afraid of the banner,” says Yahweh, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.

My people will live in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting places.