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Cattle: Sheltered Genesis 33:17

but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.

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Fear of God: Obadiah, in Sheltering One-Hundred Prophets Against the Wrath of Jezebel 1 Kings 18:3, 4

and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD, / for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

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Rocks used as Places for Shelter by the Poor in Their Distress Job 24:8

Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.

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Rocks used as Places for Shelter by the Poor in Their Distress Job 30:3, 6

Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night. / so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

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Samuel: Shelters David While Escaping from Saul 1 Samuel 19:18

So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.

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Shelter Psalm 91:1, 2

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. / I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

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Shelter Psalm 46:1

For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

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Shelter John 3:16–18

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. / For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. / Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

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Shelter Ecclesiastes 7:12

For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

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Shelter Proverbs 18:10

The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

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Shelter Isaiah 25:4, 5

For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall, / like heat in a dry land. You subdue the uproar of foreigners. As the shade of a cloud cools the heat, so the song of the ruthless is silenced.

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Shelter Psalm 61:2–4

From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. / For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy. / Let me dwell in Your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah

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Shelter John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

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Shelter Proverbs 29:7

The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.

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Theft: The Wicked: Commit, Under Shelter of the Night Job 24:14

When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.

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Theft: The Wicked: Commit, Under Shelter of the Night Obadiah 1:5

“If thieves came to you, if robbers by night—oh, how you will be ruined—would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?

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