Shield – protection for the body
Key verse: Psalm 91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
And it began with Abram:
Genesis 15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
Moses reminded Israel:
Deuteronomy 33:29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
When Deborah arose as a judge:
Judges 5:8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
Shields were used in all the Wars/Battles
1 Samuel 17:7,41,45
2 Samuel 1:21, 8:7, 22:3, 22:36
1 Kings 10:17, 14:26-27
2 Kings 11:10, 19:32
1 Chronicles 12:8, 12:24, 12:34, 18:7
2 Chronicles 9:16, 11:12, 12:9-10, 14:8,17:17, 23:9, 25:5, 26:14, 32:5, 32:27
Nehemiah 4:16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
Job 39:23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
Psalm 3:3, 5:12, 18:35, 28:7, 33:20, 35:2, 47:9, 59:11, 76:3, 84:9, 84:11, 91:4
Psalm 115:9, 115:10-11, 119:114, 144:2
Proverbs 30:5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Song of Solomon 4:4 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
Isaiah 21:5, 22:6, 37:33
Jeremiah 46:3, 46:9, 51:11
Ezekiel 23:24, 27:10-11, 38:4-5, 39:9
Nahum 2:3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
AND Finally in the New Testament
Ephesians 6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
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