71 Bible Verses about Defending Yourself
Want to know what the Bible says about Defending Yourself? Here are 71 Bible verses about Defending Yourself from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Nehemiah 4:17-18 NIV
17 who were building the wall. Those who carried materials did their work with one hand and held a weapon in the other, 18 and each of the builders wore his sword at his side as he worked. But the man who sounded the trumpet stayed with me.
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Exodus 21:24-25 NIV
24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
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2 Timothy 3:16-17 NIV
16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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Matthew 5:39 NIV
But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.
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Numbers 31:3 NIV
So Moses said to the people, “Arm some of your men to go to war against the Midianites so that they may carry out the Lord’s vengeance on them.
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Ephesians 6:12 NIV
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
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John 18:11 NIV
Jesus commanded Peter, “Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?”
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Psalm 82:4 NIV
Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
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Psalm 18:34 NIV
He trains my hands for battle;
my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
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Luke 6:29 NIV
If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them.
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1 Peter 3:9 NIV
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
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Luke 22:35-36 NIV
35 Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?”
“Nothing,” they answered.
36 He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.
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Acts 5:29 NIV
Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings!
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Ephesians 6:13 NIV
Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
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1 Samuel 13:19-22 NIV
19 Not a blacksmith could be found in the whole land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears! ” 20 So all Israel went down to the Philistines to have their plow points, mattocks, axes and sickles sharpened. 21 The price was two-thirds of a shekel for sharpening plow points and mattocks, and a third of a shekel for sharpening forks and axes and for repointing goads.
22 So on the day of the battle not a soldier with Saul and Jonathan had a sword or spear in his hand; only Saul and his son Jonathan had them.
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Proverbs 24:29 NIV
Do not say, “I’ll do to them as they have done to me;
I’ll pay them back for what they did.”
I’ll pay them back for what they did.”
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Matthew 5:44 NIV
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
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Matthew 26:52 NIV
“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.
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