A safe retreat; a place of healing and renewal; also a stronghold from which to launch a counter-attack.

Genesis 3:8-9

False refuges

Psalms 139:7-12

Flight

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Isaiah 28:15,17
Isaiah 44:9

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Idolatry

Deuteronomy 32:31,37-38
Jeremiah 17:5

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Human support

Psalms 20:7-8; 142:4
Isaiah 30:1-2
Zechariah 4:6
Philippians 3:3
Jeremiah 6:14

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False confidence

Ezekiel 13:10-12
Matthew 7:26-27
Revelation 6:15-17
Deuteronomy 33:27

God alone is the true refuge of believers

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1 Samuel 2:2
2 Samuel 22:32
Psalms 18:31; 46:1; 62:6-7
John 10:28-29
Romans 8:31-32,38-39
Philippians 4:7
Psalms 46:7

Pictures to describe God as a refuge

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A fortress

Psalms 28:8; 48:3; 59:16,16; 62:2; 71:3; 91:2; 144:1-3
2 Samuel 22:2-3

A rock

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Genesis 49:24

pp Ps 18:2

Deuteronomy 32:4,15
2 Samuel 22:47
Psalms 31:2; 94:22
Isaiah 26:4
Habakkuk 1:12
Psalms 91:1

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A shade

Psalms 121:5
Songs 2:3
Isaiah 25:4-5
Psalms 57:1

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Sheltering wings

Deuteronomy 32:10-11
Ruth 2:12
Psalms 17:8; 36:7
Matthew 23:37
Genesis 15:1

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A shield

Deuteronomy 33:29
2 Samuel 22:31
Psalms 3:3; 28:7; 84:11
Proverbs 30:5
Ephesians 6:16
Proverbs 18:10

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A tower

Psalms 61:3
Numbers 35:11

Cities of refuge

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Deuteronomy 4:41-43; 19:1-13
Joshua 20:1-9

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