Quotes about Safety
Jesus as a "teacher" is much safer than Jesus as the gospels actually present him.
— NT Wright
It's just like what they say about lightening; It's safest to stand where it has already struck.
— Olga Tokarczuk
I need a place to let go and fall back from my familiar patterns and trust God to catch me.
— Peter Enns
“Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
— Genesis 4:15
Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”
— Genesis 19:20
So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
— Genesis 26:11
so that I may return safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God.
— Genesis 28:21
After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.
— Genesis 33:18
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”
— Genesis 42:4
I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.
— Genesis 43:9
Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’
— Genesis 44:32
When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
— Exodus 12:23