Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'shield' occurs 48 times in the standard works.

5 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'shield' in the standard works and contain 10.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 115:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

 115:9 O Israel, trust thou in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.

 115:10 O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.

 115:11 Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.





2 Sam. 1:21 (2 in 1 verse)

 1:21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 44 23 67
Gen. 1 0 1
Deut. 1 0 1
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 3 0 3
2 Sam. 4 1 5
1 Kgs. 1 3 4
2 Kgs. 1 1 2
1 Chr. 3 1 4
2 Chr. 3 9 12
Neh. 0 1 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 16 1 17
Prov. 1 0 1
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 2 1 3
Jer. 2 1 3
Ezek. 3 3 6
Nahum 1 0 1
NT 1 0 1
BM 1 15 16
DC 2 0 2
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 48 38 86

Ps. 3:3
But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

Ps. 5:12
For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

Ps. 18:35
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.

Ps. 28:7
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

Ps. 33:20
Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.

Ps. 35:2
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

Ps. 47:9
The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

Ps. 59:11
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

Ps. 76:3
There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.

Ps. 84:9
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

Ps. 84:11
For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Ps. 91:4
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

Ps. 115:9
O Israel, trust thou in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.

Ps. 115:10
O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.

Ps. 115:11
Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.

Ps. 119:114
Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

Ps. 144:2
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.