Psalm 91:10

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No evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;

Psalm 91:10 (NKJV)

no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent.

Psalm 91:10 (NIV)

There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

Psalm 91:10 (KJV)

no evil will conquer you; no plague will come near your home.

Psalm 91:10 (NLT)

no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your tent.

Psalm 91:10 (ESV)

No evil will happen to you, Nor will any plague come near your tent.

Psalm 91:10 (NASB)

Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.lockman.org

No evil will befall you, Nor will any plague come near your tent.

Psalm 91:10 (AMP)

Scripture quotations taken from the Amplified® Bible (AMP), Copyright © 2015 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.lockman.org

There shall no evil befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your dwelling.

Psalm 91:10 (AMPC)

Scripture quotations taken from the Amplified® Bible (AMPC), Copyright © 1954, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.lockman.org

Evil can't get close to you, harm can't get through the door.

Psalm 91:10 (MSG)

Scripture quotations from The Message. Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress. All rights reserved. Represented by Tyndale House Publishers.

New Covenant Meaning

No Evil Shall Befall You: A Comprehensive Declaration

The Hebrew lo teounneh eleka raah means literally: evil shall not be allowed to happen to you. The form of the verb suggests divine permission is the governing factor. It is not that evil does not exist or that your environment is threat-free. It is that evil does not have permission to reach you. This is a statement about authority, not about circumstances. In the New Covenant, Colossians 1:13 grounds this reality: "He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love." You have been transferred from one domain to another. What has authority in the old domain does not carry that authority into the new one.

The Dwelling Is Protected, Not Just the Person

Psalm 91:10 extends the protection to your ohel, your tent, your dwelling. Not only will you be protected, but the place where you and those you love live will be protected from plague. This is household-level protection, covering your family and the sphere of your life. In the Old Testament, the application of blood over the doorposts at Passover was household-level protection. The angel of death passed over the entire dwelling. Psalm 91:10 operates in the same framework: the covering extends to your household. This is the basis for praying Psalm 91 over your home and family, not just yourself.

Psalm 91:10 is the direct consequence of verse 9. The flow is: because you have made the Lord your dwelling place (v. 9), therefore no evil shall befall you and no plague shall come near your dwelling (v. 10). The protection of verse 10 is not a general spiritual principle detached from conditions. It flows from the specific condition of dwelling in God. The verse is not a promise available to everyone regardless of their relationship with God. It is a promise that follows the dwelling described in verses 1 and 9. Make God your dwelling and the protection of verse 10 is what follows.

Application for Your Life

Confess Psalm 91:10 Over Your Home and Family

The coverage of Psalm 91:10 extends to your dwelling, which means your family is included in the scope of this promise. Praying and confessing this psalm over your household is entirely consistent with its intent. No plague shall come near your dwelling. That includes the people inside the dwelling. Confess this promise over your children, your spouse, your parents. You are not being presumptuous. You are standing on the specific language of the verse itself.

The Door Is Closed to Evil, Not Just Reinforced

The Message translation captures this well: "harm can't get through the door." The image is of a closed and secured boundary, not a weakened barrier that evil is constantly pressing against. From the position of dwelling in God, the door to evil is not propped open with a chair. It is sealed. This is the position of the believer who stands on Psalm 91: not enduring a constant assault but living in a space where evil does not have access. That is the declaration of verse 10.

Prayer Based on This Verse

Lord, I stand on Your promise. No evil shall befall me. No plague shall come near my dwelling. I declare this over my home, over my family, over everything and everyone within my walls. Evil does not have permission to reach me because I dwell in You. The authority over my household is Yours, and You have declared it protected. I receive that protection now. For me, for everyone I love, for every person under my roof. In Jesus name. Amen.