Quotes about Defense
There is no one we swindle more than we swindle ourselves. There is no one we run to defend more than we do ourselves. And like every other spiritually blind person, Joe was blind to his blindness.
— Paul David Tripp
In your weakness, worry, doubt, and fear, he pleads to the Father in your defense.
— Paul David Tripp
There's an irony: the passionate defense of the Bible as a "history book" among the more conservative wings of Christianity, despite intentions, isn't really an act of submission to God; it is making God submit to us.
— Peter Enns
He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
— Genesis 32:8
Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.
— Genesis 49:19
When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.
— Deuteronomy 23:9
When Abimelech came to attack the tower, he approached its entrance to set it on fire.
— Judges 9:52
So David said to Abner, “You are a man, aren’t you? And who in Israel is your equal? Why then did you not protect your lord the king when one of the people came to destroy him?
— 1 Samuel 26:15
You must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who approaches the ranks must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.”
— 2 Kings 11:8
‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
— 2 Kings 19:34
From Judah: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears.
— 1 Chronicles 12:24
Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.
— 2 Chronicles 11:5