The best Bible verses for deliverance (ESV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for deliverance (ESV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors."Genesis 45:7
"And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors."Genesis 45:7
"And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the LORD has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the LORD calls."Joel 2:32
"He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again."2 Corinthians 1:10
"But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth."2 Timothy 4:17
"And you murmured in your tents and said, ‘Because the LORD hated us he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us."Deuteronomy 1:27
"And the LORD said to me, ‘Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to take possession, that you may occupy his land.’"Deuteronomy 2:31
"And the LORD our God gave him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and all his people."Deuteronomy 2:33
"and when the LORD your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. You shall make no covenant with them and show no mercy to them."Deuteronomy 7:2
"But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed."Deuteronomy 7:23
"“When you go out to war against your enemies, and the LORD your God gives them into your hand and you take them captive,"Deuteronomy 21:10
"Because the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and to give up your enemies before you, therefore your camp must be holy, so that he may not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you."Deuteronomy 23:14
"And the LORD will give them over to you, and you shall do to them according to the whole commandment that I have commanded you."Deuteronomy 31:5
"“‘See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand."Deuteronomy 32:39
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for deliverance (ESV) are Genesis 45:7, Genesis 49:18, Job 13:16. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to deliverance (ESV) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for deliverance (ESV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.