What
is refuge?
Dictionary
shelter
or protection from danger or distress.
a
place that provides shelter or protection.
something
to which one has recourse in difficulty.
God
is our refuge, He is a shield for all who take refuge in Him.
The
Lord will bless those who take refuge in Him.
Psalm
62;8
Trust
in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.
Numbers
35;13
The
cities which you are to give shall be your six cities of refuge.
Numbers
35;14
You
shall give three cities across the Jordan and three cities in the land of
Canaan; they are to be cities of refuge.
Numbers
35;15
These
six cities shall be for refuge for the sons of Israel, and for the alien
and for the sojourner among them; that anyone who kills a person
unintentionally may flee there.
Deuteronomy
32;37
“And
He will say, ‘Where are their gods, The rock in which they sought refuge?
Ruth
2;12
May
the Lord reward your work, and your wages be full from the Lord, the God of
Israel, under whose wings you have come to seek refuge.”
2
Samuel 22;3
My
God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, My shield and the horn of my
salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; My savior, You save me from
violence.
2
Samuel 22;31
“As
for God, His way is blameless; The word of the Lord is tested; He is a shield
to all who take refuge in Him.
Psalm
2;12
Do
homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way,
For His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge
in Him!
Psalm
5;11
But
let all who take refuge in You be glad, Let them ever sing for joy; And
may You shelter them, That those who love Your name may exult in You.
Psalm
7;1
O Lord
my God, in You I have taken refuge; Save me from all those who pursue
me, and deliver me.
Psalm
18;2
The
Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I
take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psalm
25;20
Guard
my soul and deliver me; Do not let me be ashamed, for I take refuge in
You.
Psalm
31;1
In You, O Lord, I have taken refuge; Let me never be
ashamed; In Your righteousness deliver me.
Psalm
31;19
How
great is Your goodness, Which You have stored up for those who fear You, Which
You have wrought for those who take refuge in You, Before the sons of
men!
Psalm
34;8
O
taste and see that the Lord is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge
in Him!
Psalm
34;22
The
Lord redeems the soul of His servants, And none of those who take refuge
in Him will be condemned.
Proverbs
14;26
In
the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence, And his children will have refuge.
Proverbs
14;32
The
wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing, But the righteous has a refuge
when he dies.
Proverbs
30;5
Every
word of God is tested; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
Hebrews
6;18
so
that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we
who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of
the hope set before us.