Bible Verses about “protecting family”
The Bible contains 50 verses about protecting family across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.”
“For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.”
“He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth [shall be thy] shield and buckler.”
“I will say of the LORD, [He is] my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.”
“¶ He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.”
“Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; [nor] for the arrow [that] flieth by day;”
“With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.”
“Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and] from the noisome pestilence.”
“[Nor] for the pestilence [that] walketh in darkness; [nor] for the destruction [that] wasteth at noonday.”
“Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.”
“A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; [but] it shall not come nigh thee.”
“There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.”
“He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I [will be] with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.”
“¶ Because thou hast made the LORD, [which is] my refuge, [even] the most High, thy habitation;”
“They shall bear thee up in [their] hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.”
“Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.”
“Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.”
“Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he [it is] that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.”
“¶ For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.”
“When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.”
“‹Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.›”
“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,”
“Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.”
“¶ [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?”
“Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: [neither] let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.”
“[I had fainted], unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.”
“¶ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men].”
“Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.”
“¶ In the fear of the LORD [is] strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.”
“Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this [will] I [be] confident.”
“One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.”
“The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.”
“[When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.”
“When the wicked, [even] mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.”
“‹I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.›”
“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,”
“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.”
“May be able to comprehend with all saints what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;”
“And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.”
“And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.”
“¶ Hear, O LORD, [when] I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.”
“Hide not thy face [far] from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.”
“Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.”
“Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.”
“Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life.”
“¶ For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,”
“Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,”
“That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;”
“Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.”
“I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.”