1 Samuel 2:9
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9 “He will protect his faithful ones,
but the wicked will disappear in darkness.
No one will succeed by strength alone.
Psalm 121:3
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3 He will not let you stumble;
the one who watches over you will not slumber.
Psalm 33:16-17
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16 The best-equipped army cannot save a king,
nor is great strength enough to save a warrior.
17 Don’t count on your warhorse to give you victory—
for all its strength, it cannot save you.
Psalm 91:11-12
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11 For he will order his angels
to protect you wherever you go.
12 They will hold you up with their hands
so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.
1 Peter 1:5
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5 And through your faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see.
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Zechariah 4:6
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6 Then he said to me, “This is what the Lord says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
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Psalm 97:10
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10 You who love the Lord, hate evil!
He protects the lives of his godly people
and rescues them from the power of the wicked.
Psalm 94:18
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18 I cried out, “I am slipping!”
but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me.
Psalm 37:28
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28 For the Lord loves justice,
and he will never abandon the godly.
He will keep them safe forever,
but the children of the wicked will die.
Job 5:24
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24 You will know that your home is safe.
When you survey your possessions, nothing will be missing.
Proverbs 16:9
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9 We can make our plans,
but the Lord determines our steps.
Psalm 121:8
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8 The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go,
both now and forever.
Psalm 37:23-24
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23 The Lord directs the steps of the godly.
He delights in every detail of their lives.
24 Though they stumble, they will never fall,
for the Lord holds them by the hand.
Deuteronomy 33:3
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3 Indeed, he loves his people;[a]
all his holy ones are in his hands.
They follow in his steps
and accept his teaching.
Footnotes
- 33:3 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads Indeed, lover of the peoples.
2 Peter 2:17
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17 These people are as useless as dried-up springs or as mist blown away by the wind. They are doomed to blackest darkness.
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Matthew 8:12
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12 But many Israelites—those for whom the Kingdom was prepared—will be thrown into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
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Zephaniah 1:15
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15 It will be a day when the Lord’s anger is poured out—
a day of terrible distress and anguish,
a day of ruin and desolation,
a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and blackness,
Ecclesiastes 9:11
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11 I have observed something else under the sun. The fastest runner doesn’t always win the race, and the strongest warrior doesn’t always win the battle. The wise sometimes go hungry, and the skillful are not necessarily wealthy. And those who are educated don’t always lead successful lives. It is all decided by chance, by being in the right place at the right time.
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Proverbs 3:26
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26 for the Lord is your security.
He will keep your foot from being caught in a trap.
Ecclesiastes 5:17
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17 Throughout their lives, they live under a cloud—frustrated, discouraged, and angry.
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Proverbs 2:8
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8 He guards the paths of the just
and protects those who are faithful to him.
Psalm 121:5
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5 The Lord himself watches over you!
The Lord stands beside you as your protective shade.
1 Samuel 17:49-50
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49 Reaching into his shepherd’s bag and taking out a stone, he hurled it with his sling and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank in, and Goliath stumbled and fell face down on the ground.
50 So David triumphed over the Philistine with only a sling and a stone, for he had no sword.
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Jude 13
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13 They are like wild waves of the sea, churning up the foam of their shameful deeds. They are like wandering stars, doomed forever to blackest darkness.
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Jude 3
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The Danger of False Teachers
3 Dear friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted once for all time to his holy people.
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