Deliverance
A comprehensive study on God's power to rescue and set free.
This study explores the multifaceted concept of deliverance throughout the Old and New Testaments. It examines how God intervenes to save His people from various forms of bondage, oppression, and danger, highlighting His faithfulness and power to bring freedom.
All Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Summary by Book
Genesis
2Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.
Exodus
1Judges
11 Samuel
2But the people said to Saul, "Shall Jonathan die, who has accomplished this great deliverance in Israel? Certainly not! As the Lord lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day." So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
2 Samuel
12 Kings
2And he said, "Open the east window"; and he opened it. Then Elisha said, "Shoot"; and he shot. And he said, "The arrow of the Lord 's deliverance and the arrow of deliverance from Syria; for you must strike the Syrians at Aphek till you have destroyed them. "
2 Chronicles
1Now when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, "They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance . My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
Ezra
1Esther
1Job
1Psalm
21O Lord my God, in You I put my trust; Save me from all those who persecute me; And deliver me,
I will love You, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Great deliverance He gives to His king, And shows mercy to His anointed, To David and his descendants forevermore.
In You, O Lord, I put my trust; Let me never be ashamed; Deliver me in Your righteousness.
My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who persecute me.
You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance . Selah
The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.
Help us, O God of our salvation, For the glory of Your name; And deliver us, and provide atonement for our sins, For Your name's sake!
You who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
BOOK FIVE Oh, give thanks to the Lord , for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.
He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions.
When Israel went out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
Proverbs
4Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, But righteousness delivers from death.
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.
The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.
Isaiah
2We have been with child, we have been in pain; We have, as it were, brought forth wind; We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth, Nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
Jeremiah
1Joel
1Obadiah
1Matthew
2And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Mark
1Luke
3So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed.
John
1Romans
11 Corinthians
2And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
Philippians
1Colossians
12 Timothy
1Titus
12 Peter
1Revelation
1And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.
Thematic Index
God as Deliverer
Deliverance from Sin and Evil
Deliverance in Times of Trouble
Deliverance through Christ
Righteousness and Deliverance
Examples of Deliverance
All Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.