50+ Protection Bible Verses Perfect For Back To School

Protection bible verses were constantly spoken over me as a child. Either my abuela would whisper them over me as I headed out the door, or my mom would go over them with me while I faced seasons of bullying by my classmates.

Now, some thirty years later, I think on these as I get my own girls ready for another school year, and hold them close to my heart knowing the Lord has my babies in His hands while I am miles away.

Take heart fam, and arm your children with the word of God so that when they face opposition both in the flesh and spirit, they know from whom their help comes from.

May the Lord protect this next generation in this school year, and may He cover us with His grace as we navigate emotions, growth spurts, and all manner of school subjects we’ve forgotten the best we know how.

Protection Bible Verses (Word English Bible Edition) 

Deuteronomy 5:16 — “Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Deuteronomy 31:6 — Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

Joshua 1:9 — Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

2 Samuel 22:3–4 — God is my rock in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence. I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.

Psalm 3:3–5 — But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head. I cry to Yahweh with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah. I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me.

Psalm 5:11 — But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice, Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.

Psalm 7:10 — My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

Psalm 9:9–10 — Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble. Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.

Psalm 12:5 — “Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”

Psalm 16:1–2 — Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge. My soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.”

Psalm 16:8 — I have set Yahweh always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Psalm 17:1, 4–5 — Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips. … As for the deeds of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent. My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.

Psalm 17:8 — Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,

Psalm 18:1–3 — I love you, Yahweh, my strength. Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies.

Psalm 18:30 — As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

Psalm 18:35–36 — You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great. You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.

Psalm 20:1–3 — May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high, send you help from the sanctuary, grant you support from Zion, remember all your offerings, and accept your burned sacrifice. Selah.

Psalm 23:1–6 — Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over. Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh’s house forever.

Psalm 27:1 — Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 32:7–8 — You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah. I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.

Psalm 34:7–8 — Yahweh’s angel encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

Psalm 34:19 — Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

Psalm 34:22 — Yahweh redeems the soul of his servants. None of those who take refuge in him shall be condemned.

Psalm 35:10 — All my bones shall say, “Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”

Psalm 37:28 — For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn’t forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

Psalm 37:39 — But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.

Psalm 46:1–5 — God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we won’t be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas; though its waters roar and are troubled, though the mountains tremble with their swelling. Selah. There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High. God is within her. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn.

Psalm 46:10 — “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

Psalm 55:16–17 — As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me. Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.

Psalm 57:1 — Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.

Psalm 59:1 — Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me.

Psalm 59:16 — But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress.

Psalm 62:2 — He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress— I will never be greatly shaken.

Psalm 62:5–8 — My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken. With God is my salvation and my honor. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Psalm 103:1–4 — Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name! Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits; who forgives all your sins; who heals all your diseases; who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies;

Psalm 107:6–7 — Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses, he led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in.

Psalm 109:31 — For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.

Psalm 118:6 — Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

Psalm 118:8 — It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.

Psalm 119:114 — You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.

Psalm 121:1–2 — I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from? My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 138:7 — Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.

Psalm 140:4 — Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.

Psalm 144:1 — Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:

Psalm 145:18–20 — Yahweh is near to all those who call on Him, to all who call onHim in truth. He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them. Yahweh preserves all those who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.

Proverbs 18:10 — Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.

Proverbs 19:23 — The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

Proverbs 29:25 — The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.

Proverbs 30:5 — “Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Isaiah 41:10 — Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Isaiah 45:2 — “I will go before you, and make the rough places smooth. I will break the doors of brass in pieces, and cut apart the bars of iron.

Isaiah 54:17 — No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their 

Nahum 1:7 — Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

Zephaniah 3:17 — Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

Luke 10:19 — Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.

Romans 8:28 — We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:31, 37–39 — What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? … No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from God’s love, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 12:19 — Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

2 Corinthians 4:8–9 — We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair; pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;

Philippians 4:13 — I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

2 Thessalonians 3:3–5 — But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one. We have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you both do and will do the things we command. May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love, and into the perseverance of Christ.

2 Timothy 1:7 — For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

2 Timothy 4:18 — And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

James 4:7 — Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.