Bible Verses About Spiritual Warfare & Protection
The Christian life is a battle, but we fight from victory in the armor God provides. Greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world. These verses strengthen you to stand firm under the Lord’s protection.
Our fight is not with flesh and blood. It is with the rulers, with the authorities, with the world rulers of this darkness, with the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
Clothe yourselves in God’s complete armor, so that you can hold your ground against the devil’s cunning plans.
God is a shelter and a strength for us, a help always close at hand in times of distress.
Whoever makes a home under the cover of the Most High will spend the night in the shade of the Almighty. This is what I say about the LORD: “He is my shelter and my stronghold, my God, the one I rely on.”
When the righteous cry out, the LORD listens and frees them from every trouble they face.
The LORD is my strength, the shield that protects me; my heart trusted in him, and help came to me. Now my heart is full of joy, and I will thank him in song.
As for you, dear children, you belong to God, and you have already won the victory over them, because the one in you is greater than the one in the world.
Receive salvation as your helmet, and the sword that the Spirit gives, which is the word of God.
Not one weapon shaped to harm you will succeed, and every tongue that accuses you in court you will prove wrong. This is the share that belongs to the servants of the LORD; their righteousness comes from me, declares the LORD.
He will spread his feathers over you, and beneath his wings you will find shelter. His faithfulness surrounds you like a shield and a wall.
But thanks be to God, for through our Lord Jesus Christ he gives us the victory.
Stand up to him and hold firm in your faith. You know that your brothers and sisters all over the world are enduring these same sufferings.