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Defence from attack, hurt or exploitation. The ultimate protector is God but he also uses others in defending the weak and needy.

Protection from oppression

Psalm 72:4 See also Deuteronomy 10:18; Psalm 12:5; Psalm 35:10; Luke 1:51-53

Protection from exploitation

Job 24:3-4 See also Proverbs 30:14; Ezekiel 18:10-13; Amos 4:1; Amos 8:4-6; Mark 12:38-40; James 5:1-6

Means of protection against physical attack

Armour

1 Samuel 17:38; 1 Kings 20:11; Jeremiah 46:4

Shields

Jeremiah 46:3

Helmets

1 Samuel 17:38; Jeremiah 46:4

Spiritual protection

John 17:11-12 See also John 10:28-29; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Philippians 1:6; Philippians 4:7; 2 Timothy 1:12; 1 Peter 1:5; Jude 24

Believers need protection from spiritual dangers

From Satan

1 Peter 5:8 See also Job 1:9; Matthew 6:13; John 17:15; Ephesians 6:11-12; 2 Thessalonians 2:9; Thessalonians 3:3

From Satan's agents in the world

John 15:18-19 See also Psalm 27:2; Psalm 31:15; Psalm 109:1-3,31; Micah 7:2-3; Matthew 10:28-29,36; Luke 1:68-74; Romans 8:36; 1 John 3:13; John 4:4

God protects his people

By watching over them and helping them

Psalm 121:5 See also 1 Samuel 2:9; Psalm 1:6; Psalm 34:15; Psalm 37:40; Psalm 40:17; Psalm 140:1; 2 Corinthians 1:10

By his presence with them

Hebrews 13:5 See also Joshua 1:5; Psalm 119:116,170; Isaiah 43:1-3; John 16:33; Acts 18:10

By sending angels to protect them

Psalm 34:7 See also Genesis 21:17; Exodus 23:20; Numbers 22:22,24,26,31,34; 2 Kings 6:17; Psalm 91:11; Matthew 18:10; Hebrews 1:14

By using people to defend them

Proverbs 31:8-9 See also Numbers 35:25; Isaiah 1:17; Isaiah 58:6; Jeremiah 5:28; Jeremiah 22:16; Luke 10:33-35; James 1:27

Conditions of God's protection

Prayer

Psalm 72:12 See also Job 6:23; Psalm 59:1; Psalm 82:3; Psalm 145:19; John 17:11

Right attitudes

Psalm 91:14 See also Deuteronomy 23:14; Psalm 116:6; Proverbs 2:7-8,11; Proverbs 11:6; Proverbs 14:3; 1 Corinthians 13:7

See also

2330  Christ as shepherd
4110  angels
4126  Satan, resistance to
5209  armour
5291  defence
5315  fortifications
5454  power, God's saving
5490  refuge
5527  shield
8421  equipping, physical
8727  enemies
8794  persecution