Our Strength and Refuge is in Him

O taste and see that the LORD [our God] is good; How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who takes refuge in Him. (Psalm 34:8) God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable], A very present and well-proved help. (Psalm 46:1)

The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our stronghold [our refuge, our high tower]. Selah ( Psalm 46:7) The Lord GOD is my strength [my source of courage, my invincible army]; He has made my feet [steady and sure] like hinds’ feet And makes me walk [forward with spiritual confidence] on my high places. (Habakkuk 2:19)

So the LORD alone led him; There was no foreign god with him.

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he ate the produce of the field; And He made him suck honey from the rock, And [olive] oil from the flinty rock. (Deuteronomy 32:12-13)

It is better to take refuge in the LORD Than to trust in man. (Psalm 118:8)

Trust [confidently] in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him. God is a refuge for us. Selah (Psalm 62:8)

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. (Proverbs 3:5-6)

Commit your way to the LORD; Trust in Him also and He will do it. (Psalm 37:5)

Commit your works to the LORD [submit and trust them to Him], And your plans will succeed [if you respond to His will and guidance]. (Proverbs 16:3)

Whatever you do [whatever your task may be], work from the soul [that is, put in your very best effort], as [something done] for the Lord and not for men. (Colossians 3:23) Not in the way of eye-service [working only when someone is watching you and only] to please men, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart;

rendering service with goodwill, as to the Lord, and not [only] to men. (Ephesians 6:6-7)

Thus says the LORD, Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind, Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength, And whose mind and heart turn away from the LORD. ( Jeremiah 17:5)

Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who makes the LORD his trust, And does not regard the proud nor those who lapse into lies. (Psalm 40:4) He who pays attention to the word [of God] will find good, And blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) is he who trusts [confidently] in the LORD. (Psalm 16:20)

But He said, “On the contrary, blessed (happy, favored by God) are those who hear the word of God and continually observe it." (Luke 11:28)

As for God, His way is blameless and perfect; The word of the LORD is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge and trust in Him. (2 Samuel 22:31)

So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, will be like a wise man [a far-sighted, practical, and sensible man] who built his house on the rock.

And the rain fell, and the floods and torrents came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. (Matthew 7:24-25) Trust [confidently] in the LORD forever [He is your fortress, your shield, your banner], For the LORD GOD is an everlasting Rock [the Rock of Age]. (Isaiah 26:4)

For who is God, besides the LORD? And who is a rock, besides our God?

God is my strong fortress; He sets the blameless in His way. (2 Samuel 22:32-33)

The God who encircles me with strength And makes my way blameless? (Psalm 18:32)