Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'defence' occurs 35 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'defence' in the standard works and contain 11.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Eccl. 7:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 59:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 18 9 27
Num. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 9 0 9
Eccl. 2 0 2
Isa. 3 4 7
Jer. 0 4 4
Ezek. 0 1 1
Nahum 1 0 1
NT 4 0 4
BM 13 0 13
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 35 9 44

Num. 14:9
Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.

2 Chr. 11:5
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

Job 22:25
Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

Ps. 7:10
My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

Ps. 31:2
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

Ps. 59:9
Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.

Ps. 59:16
But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.

Ps. 59:17
Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.

Ps. 62:2
He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

Ps. 62:6
He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.

Ps. 89:18
For the Lord is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

Ps. 94:22
But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

Eccl. 7:12
For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

Isa. 4:5
And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.

Isa. 19:6
And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

Isa. 33:16
He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

Nahum 2:5
He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.