The best Bible verses for refugees include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for refugees, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line; hail will sweep away your refuge, the lie, and water will overflow your hiding place."Isaiah 28:17
"I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line; hail will sweep away your refuge, the lie, and water will overflow your hiding place."Isaiah 28:17
"who go down to Egypt without consulting me; who look for help to Pharaoh’s protection, to Egypt’s shade for refuge."Isaiah 30:2
"Each man will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land."Isaiah 32:2
"this is the man who will dwell on the heights, whose refuge will be the mountain fortress. His bread will be supplied, and water will not fail him."Isaiah 33:16
"I am against you, Jerusalem, you who live above this valley on the rocky plateau, declares the Lord— you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our refuge?”"Jeremiah 21:13
"The way of the Lord is a refuge for the righteous, but it is the ruin of those who do evil."Proverbs 10:29
"He who fears the Lord has a secure fortress, and for his children it will be a refuge."Proverbs 14:26
"When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down, but even in death the righteous have a refuge."Proverbs 14:32
"A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it."Proverbs 22:3
"The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it."Proverbs 27:12
"Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him."Psalms 2:12
"But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you."Psalms 5:11
Scripture returns to refugees often enough that no single verse covers it. The 15 passages below come from across the Old and New Testaments, and they do not all say the same thing — read together they give a fuller picture than any one of them does alone.
Each links to a study page with the full passage, its context, and the text in six translations, so a verse that catches your attention can be followed properly rather than left as a fragment.
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The most-cited Bible verses for refugees are Isaiah 28:17, Isaiah 30:2, Isaiah 32:2. 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 refugees 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 refugees, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.