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Psalm 91:12

They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won’t dash your foot against a stone.

10no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.
11For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.
12They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won’t dash your foot against a stone.
13You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.
14“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.
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A stone underfoot is a small hazard, yet the promise of angels’ hands makes God’s protection concrete enough to include a vulnerable foot.

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Where else Scripture says this

9 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 121:3He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.Both passages describe God’s protection through the safety of a foot, with Psalm 121 stressing that its keeper never sleeps.
Psalm 37:24Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for the LORD holds him up with his hand.Both passages picture hands holding someone up, though Psalm 37 names the LORD’s hand and acknowledges a stumble.
Proverbs 3:23Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won’t stumble.Both passages describe safe passage in terms of a foot kept from stumbling or striking an obstacle.
Luke 4:11Luke quotes the promise of hands bearing someone up so that a foot will not strike a stone.
Isaiah 63:9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and in his pity he redeemed them. He bore them, and carried …Both passages mention an angel or angels and describe being carried as an expression of God’s protecting care.
Matthew 4:6and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and, ‘On their hands they …Matthew quotes this promise of angelic protection within a challenge for the Son of God to throw himself down.
Psalm 34:20He protects all of his bones. Not one of them is broken.Both passages express protection in bodily terms, naming a foot or bones as the objects of care.
Isaiah 46:3“Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been carried from their birth, that have been carried from the womb.Both passages describe being carried, though Isaiah addresses Israel’s life from birth and Psalm 91 pictures protection from a stone.
Job 5:23For you will be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field will be at peace with you.Both passages mention stones within descriptions of safety, though Job speaks of alliance with the stones of the field.
Where this verse fits

Fear for the future. anxiety or panic.

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Encouragement

The angels act under God’s command. The care pictured here reaches down to a foot and a stone; even such small dangers fall within his concern.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).