31 occurrences across the corpus

King James Version

Numbers 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 Chronicles 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.

Psalms 7:10

My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

Psalms 31:2

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

Psalms 59:9

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

Psalms 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.

Psalms 59:17

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

Psalms 62:2

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

Psalms 62:6

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

Psalms 89:18

For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

Psalms 94:22

But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

Ecclesiastes 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.

Ecclesiastes 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.

Isaiah 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.

Isaiah 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.

Isaiah 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.

Acts 19:33

And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.

Acts 22:1

Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.

Philippians 1:7

Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.

Philippians 1:17

But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.

KJV Apocrypha (Catholic Deuterocanon)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 6:14

A faithfull friend is a strong defence: and he that hath found such an one hath found a treasure.

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 6:29

Then shall her fetters be a strong defence for thee, and her chains a robe of glory.

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 34:16

For the eyes of the Lord are upon them that love him, he is their mighty protection and strong stay, a defence from heat, and a cover from the sun at noon, a preservation from stumbling, and an help from falling.

1 Maccabees 4:61

And they set there a garrison to keep it, and fortified Bethsura to preserve it; that the people might have a defence against Idumea.

2 Maccabees 13:26

Lysias went up to the judgment seat, said as much as could be in defence of the cause, persuaded, pacified, made them well affected, returned to Antioch. Thus it went touching the kings coming and departing.

2 Maccabees 15:11

Thus he armed every one of them, not so much with defence of shields and spears, as with comfortable and good words: and beside that, he told them a dream worthy to be believed, as if it had been so indeed, which did not a little rejoice them.

Jubilees

Jubilees 21:20

blood of man save by the blood of him who shed it. And take no present or gift for the blood of man: blood for blood, that thou mayest be accepted before the Lord, the Most High God; for He is the defence of the good: and that thou mayest be preserved from all evil, and that He may save thee from every kind of death.

NT Apocrypha/Pseudepigrapha

Acts of Paul and Thecla 9:19

He alone is the way to eternal salvation, and the foundation of eternal life. He is a refuge to those who are in distress; a support to the afflicted, hope and defence to those who are hopeless; and, in a word, all those who do not believe on him, shall not live, but suffer eternal death.

OT Pseudepigrapha

The Letter of Aristeas 6:65

He seemed to me to have made a good defence on all the points; for in reference also to the calves and rams and goats which are offered, he said that it was necessary to take them from the herds and flocks, and sacrifice tame animals and offer nothing wild, that the offerers of the sacrifices might understand the symbolic meaning of the lawgiver and not be under the influence of an arrogant self-consciousness.