The one who guards his words ¹  guards his life, but ²  whoever is talkative ³  will come to ruin. ⁴ 

Righteousness ¹  guards the one who lives with integrity, ²  but wickedness ³  overthrows the sinner.

The one who obeys commandments guards ¹  his life; the one who despises his ways ²  will die. ³ 

The one who guards his mouth and his tongue ¹  keeps his life ²  from troubles. ³ 

The ¹  guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of him.

When a strong man, ¹  fully armed, guards his own palace, ²  his possessions are safe. ³ 

Joshua said, “Roll large stones over the mouth of the cave and post guards in front of it. ¹ 

He had bronze shin guards ¹  on his legs, and a bronze javelin was slung over his shoulders.

supervised the laborers and all the foremen on their various jobs. ¹  Some of the Levites were scribes, officials, and guards.

Certainly ¹  the Lord guards the way of the godly, ²  but the way of the wicked ends in destruction. ³ 

The highway ¹  of the upright is to turn ²  away from evil; the one who guards ³  his way safeguards his life. ⁴ 

Thorns and snares ¹  are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

Pharaoh was enraged with his servants, and he put me in prison in the house of the captain of the guards – me and the chief baker.

Whenever the king visited the Lord’s temple, the royal guards carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom. ¹ 

He posted guards at the gates of the Lord’s temple, so no one who was ceremonially unclean in any way could enter.

And in anger his lord turned him over to the prison guards to torture him ¹  until he repaid all he owed.

And Peter had followed him from a distance, up to the high priest’s courtyard. He ¹  was sitting with the guards ²  and warming himself by the fire.

Then ¹  some began to spit on him, and to blindfold him, and to strike him with their fists, saying, “Prophesy!” The guards also took him and beat ²  him.

The one who loves his life ¹  destroys ²  it, and the one who hates his life in this world guards ³  it for eternal life.

“We found the jail locked securely and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, ¹  we found no one inside.”