Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.
Parallel translations
- KJV The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
- BSB The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.
- NKJV The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.
- NASB The Lord will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul.
- NLT The Lord keeps you from all harm and watches over your life.
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Cross-references · 11
- 2 Tim 4:18And 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.
- Ps 91:9–12Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,
- Ps 41:2Yahweh will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.
- Prov 12:21No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.
- Ps 145:20Yahweh preserves all those who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.
- Job 5:19–27He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil shall touch you.
- Rom 8:35–39Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
- Ps 34:22Yahweh redeems the soul of his servants. None of those who take refuge in him shall be condemned.
- Matt 6:13Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’
- Ps 97:10You who love Yahweh, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
- Rom 8:28We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
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