Proverbs 18:10

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“The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.”

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‘The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.’ God himself is our refuge in danger.

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“The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
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“The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.”

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“The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.”

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“A tower of strength <FI>is<Fi> the name of Jehovah, Into it the righteous runneth, and is set on high.”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 18:10 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
  2. Genesis 32:11Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.
  3. Genesis 32:28Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
  4. Exodus 3:13Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”
  5. Exodus 6:3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.
  6. Exodus 34:5And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.
  7. 1 Samuel 17:45But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
  8. 1 Samuel 30:6And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
  9. 2 Samuel 22:3My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.
  10. 2 Samuel 22:45Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.
  11. 2 Samuel 22:51Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”
  12. Psalms 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
  13. Psalms 20:2May He send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion.
  14. Psalms 27:1The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
  15. Psalms 56:3When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
  16. Psalms 61:3For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy.
  17. Psalms 61:4Let me dwell in Your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah
  18. Psalms 91:2I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
  19. Psalms 91:14“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.
  20. Psalms 144:2He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
  21. Proverbs 14:26He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
  22. Isaiah 9:6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  23. Isaiah 26:4Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
  24. Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.

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