13 Bible Verses about Guarding Yourself

Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;

My little children, keep yourselves from false gods.

And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.

Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Go on in these things; for in doing so you will get salvation for yourself and for those who give hearing to you.

I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.

Keep watch over yourselves, so that you do not make our work of no effect, but may get your full reward.

Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One.

Be on the watch, unmoved in the faith, and be strong like men.

But be on the watch for him, for he was violent in his attacks on our teaching.

Only take care, and keep watch on your soul, for fear that the things which your eyes have seen go from your memory and from your heart all the days of your life; but let the knowledge of them be given to your children and to your children's children;

Put your feet down with care when you go to the house of God, for it is better to give ear than to make the burned offerings of the foolish, whose knowledge is only of doing evil.

O Timothy, take good care of that which is given to you, turning away from the wrong and foolish talk and arguments of that knowledge which is falsely so named;

For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.