What does the Bible say about protecting family?

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• 1 Timothy 5:8

  But if anyone doesn't provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

• Luke 10:19

  Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.

• Psalms 91:1-16

  [1] He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. [2] I will say of Yahweh, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in whom I trust." [3] For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence. [4] He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart. [5] You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day; [6] Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday. [7] A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it will not come near you. [8] You will only look with your eyes, And see the recompense of the wicked. [9] Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, And the Most High your dwelling place, [10] No evil shall happen to you, Neither shall any plague come near your dwelling. [11] For he will give his angels charge over you, To guard you in all your ways. [12] They will bear you up in their hands, So that you won't dash your foot against a stone. [13] You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot. [14] "Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name. [15] He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him. [16] I will satisfy him with long life, And show him my salvation."

• Psalms 35:1-28

  [1] > Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me. [2] Take hold of shield and buckler, And stand up for my help. [3] Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, "I am your salvation." [4] Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded. [5] Let them be as chaff before the wind, Yahweh's angel driving them on. [6] Let their way be dark and slippery, Yahweh's angel pursuing them. [7] For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul. [8] Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction. [9] My soul shall be joyful in Yahweh. It shall rejoice in his salvation. [10] All my bones shall say, "Yahweh, who is like you, Who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him, Yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?" [11] Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don't know about. [12] They reward me evil for good, To the bereaving of my soul. [13] But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom. [14] I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother. [15] But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn't know it. They tore at me, and didn't cease. [16] Like the profane mockers in feasts, They gnashed their teeth at me. [17] Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, My precious life from the lions. [18] I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people. [19] Don't let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause. [20] For they don't speak peace, But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land. [21] Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, "Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!" [22] You have seen it, Yahweh. Don't keep silent. Lord, don't be far from me. [23] Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me! [24] Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness; Don't let them gloat over me. [25] Don't let them say in their heart, "Aha! That's the way we want it!" Don't let them say, "We have swallowed him up!" [26] Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me. [27] Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause. Yes, let them say continually, "Yahweh be magnified, Who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!" [28] My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.

• Proverbs 14:26

  In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, And he will be a refuge for his children.

• Proverbs 4:10-15

  [10] Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many. [11] I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths. [12] When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble. [13] Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life. [14] Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men. [15] Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.

• Psalms 146:9

  Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, But the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

• Galatians 1:10

  For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn't be a servant of Christ.

• Ephesians 3:14-20

  [14] For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, [15] from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, [16] that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; [17] that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love, [18] may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, [19] and to know Christ's love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. [20] Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

• Psalms 27:1-14

  [1] > Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? [2] When evil-doers came at me to eat up my flesh, Even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. [3] Though a host should encamp against me, My heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, Even then I will be confident. [4] One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after, That I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, To see Yahweh's beauty, And to inquire in his temple. [5] For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the covert of his tent he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock. [6] Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me. I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to Yahweh. [7] Hear, Yahweh, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me. [8] When you said, "Seek my face," My heart said to you, "I will seek your face, Yahweh." [9] Don't hide your face from me. Don't put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Don't abandon me, Neither forsake me, God of my salvation. [10] When my father and my mother forsake me, Then Yahweh will take me up. [11] Teach me your way, Yahweh. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies. [12] Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, For false witnesses have risen up against me, Such as breathe out cruelty. [13] I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living. [14] Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

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