God: Preserver
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Genesis 14:20
and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
Genesis 28:15
Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
Genesis 31:3, 13
Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.” / I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up and leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”
Genesis 48:15, 16
Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day, / 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.”
Genesis 49:24, 25
Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel, / by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.
Exodus 3:17
And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
Exodus 6:6, 7
Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. / I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
Exodus 8:22, 23
But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land. / I will make a distinction between My people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.’”
Exodus 9:26
The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.
Exodus 11:7
But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.
Exodus 12:13, 17, 23
The blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. / So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come. / When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
Exodus 13:21, 22
And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night. / Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.
Exodus 14:29, 30
But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left. / That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.
Exodus 15:2, 13, 16, 17
The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him. / With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling. / and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.
Exodus 16:15
When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.
Exodus 19:4
‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.
Exodus 23:20–31
Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. / Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him. / But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.
Exodus 34:24
For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.
Numbers 10:33
So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.
Numbers 23:23
For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’
Deuteronomy 1:30, 31
The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt / and in the wilderness, where the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way by which you traveled until you reached this place.”
Deuteronomy 7:21, 22
Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God. / The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
Deuteronomy 9:3
But understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them swiftly, as the LORD has promised you.
Deuteronomy 11:25
No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.
Deuteronomy 23:14
For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.
Deuteronomy 30:4, 20
Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there. / and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Deuteronomy 31:3
The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.
Deuteronomy 32:10
He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
Deuteronomy 33:12, 25–29
Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.” / May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and may your strength match your days.” / Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”
Joshua 23:10
One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
1 Samuel 2:6, 9
The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up. / He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
1 Samuel 9:16
“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him leader over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
2 Samuel 22:28
You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
2 Kings 20:6
I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
2 Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”
2 Chronicles 20:15, 17
And he said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army, for the battle does not belong to you, but to God. / You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out and face them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you.’”
Ezra 8:22, 23
For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.” / So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our request.
Nehemiah 9:6
You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.
Job 1:10
Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
Job 4:7
Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?
Job 5:11, 18–24
He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety. / For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal. / You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
Job 10:12
You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit.
Job 11:18, 19
You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety. / You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.
Job 22:25
then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.
Job 27:3, 4
as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils, / my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
Job 33:18
to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
Job 36:7, 16
He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever. / Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.
Psalm 1:6
For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
Psalm 3:3
But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
Psalm 9:9
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Psalm 10:17, 18
You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear, / to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
Psalm 12:7
You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.
Psalm 14:5, 6
There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous. / You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
Psalm 17:7
Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.
Psalm 18:17, 27
He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me. / For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
Psalm 19:14
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Psalm 25:8, 9, 12
Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way. / He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way. / Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.
Psalm 31:20, 23
You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues. / Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.
Psalm 32:6, 8
Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near. / I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
Psalm 34:14, 17, 19–22
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. / The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles. / Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
Psalm 37:17, 23, 24, 28, 32, 33
For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous. / The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey. / Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
Psalm 41:1–3
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble. / The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to surrender him to the will of his foes. / The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
Psalm 46:1, 5, 7
For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble. / God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns. / The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
Psalm 48:3
God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
Psalm 50:15
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
Psalm 61:3, 6
For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy. / Increase the days of the king’s life; may his years span many generations.
Psalm 68:6, 22
God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land. / The Lord said, “I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them up from the depths of the sea,
Psalm 72:14
He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.
Psalm 73:23
Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
Psalm 80:1
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph. Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
Psalm 84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
Psalm 87:5
And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”
Psalm 91:1–16
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. / I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” / Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.
Psalm 94:13
to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
Psalm 97:10
Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
Psalm 102:19, 20
For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth / to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
Psalm 103:2–5
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds— / He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases, / who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,
Psalm 107:9, 10
For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. / Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
Psalm 112:4
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
Psalm 115:10
O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.
Psalm 116:6
The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.
Psalm 118:13
I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.
Psalm 121:3–8
He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber. / Behold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. / The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
Psalm 124:1–8
A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side—let Israel now declare— / if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us, / when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,
Psalm 125:1–3
A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever. / As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore. / For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.
Psalm 127:1
A song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
Psalm 145:14, 19, 20
The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down. / He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them. / The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
Psalm 146:7, 8
He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free, / the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
Psalm 147:2, 3
The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel. / He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Proverbs 2:7, 8
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity, / to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
Proverbs 3:6, 23, 24
in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. / Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble. / When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
Proverbs 10:3, 30
The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked. / The righteous will never be shaken, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.
Proverbs 11:8
The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.
Proverbs 12:3, 13, 21
A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted. / An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble. / No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.
Proverbs 14:26
He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Proverbs 15:19
The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
Proverbs 16:9, 33
A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps. / The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.
Proverbs 19:23
The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.
Proverbs 20:22, 24
Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you. / A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?
Proverbs 21:31
A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is of the LORD.
Proverbs 22:12
The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.
Proverbs 24:16
For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
Isaiah 4:5, 6
Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy, / a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.
Isaiah 10:27
On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.
Isaiah 14:3
On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,
Isaiah 26:7
The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.
Isaiah 27:3
I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;
Isaiah 30:21, 26
And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.” / The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.
Isaiah 31:4, 5, 9
For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights. / 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.” / Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 32:2, 18
Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land. / Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.
Isaiah 33:16, 20
he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured. / Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
Isaiah 35:9
No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.