1 Samuel 18:12

American Standard Version (1901)

And Saul was afraid of David, because Jehovah was with him, and was departed from Saul.

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  • 1 Sam 28:15 : 15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
  • 1 Sam 18:15 : 15 And when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.
  • 1 Sam 18:29 : 29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David's enemy continually.
  • 1 Sam 16:13-14 : 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. 14 Now the Spirit of Jehovah departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Jehovah troubled him.
  • 1 Sam 16:18 : 18 Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is skilful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Jehovah is with him.
  • 1 Sam 18:20 : 20 And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
  • 1 Sam 22:13 : 13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
  • 1 Sam 16:4 : 4 And Samuel did that which Jehovah spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
  • Ps 48:3-6 : 3 God hath made himself known in her palaces for a refuge. 4 For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together. 5 They saw it, then were they amazed; They were dismayed, they hasted away. 6 Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.
  • Ps 51:11 : 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy Spirit from me.
  • Ps 53:5 : 5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was; For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: Thou hast put them to shame, because of God hath rejected them.
  • Hos 9:12 : 12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, so that not a man shall be left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
  • Matt 25:41 : 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels:
  • Mark 6:20 : 20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. And when he heard him, he was much perplexed; and he heard him gladly.
  • Luke 8:37 : 37 And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes round about asked him to depart from them, for they were holden with great fear: and he entered into a boat, and returned.
  • Acts 7:9 : 9 And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,
  • Acts 24:25 : 25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, Go thy way for this time; and when I have a convenient season, I will call thee unto me.

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  • 1 Sam 18:13-16
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    83%

    13Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

    14And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Jehovah was with him.

    15And when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.

    16But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.

  • 1 Sam 18:28-30
    3 verses
    82%

    28And Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David; and Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.

    29And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David's enemy continually.

    30Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much [ set by.

  • 1 Sam 18:9-11
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    80%

    9And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

    10And it came to pass on the morrow, that an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as he did day by day. And Saul had his spear in his hand;

    11and Saul cast the spear; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall. And David avoided out of his presence twice.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
    79%

    10And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 16:14
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    14Now the Spirit of Jehovah departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Jehovah troubled him.

  • 1 Sam 19:7-10
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    78%

    7And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as beforetime.

    8And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.

    9And an evil spirit from Jehovah was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.

    10And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the spear into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

  • 1 Sam 17:11
    78%

    11And when Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

  • 1 Sam 23:26
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    26And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.

  • 1 Sam 28:5
    77%

    5And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.

  • 1 Sam 17:37
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    37And David said, Jehovah that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and Jehovah shall be with thee.

  • 1 Sam 17:31-33
    3 verses
    76%

    31And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

    32And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

    33And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

  • 1 Sam 18:5
    76%

    5And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, [and] behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

  • 1 Sam 17:24
    75%

    24And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

  • 2 Sam 6:9
    75%

    9And David was afraid of Jehovah that day; and he said, How shall the ark of Jehovah come unto me?

  • 1 Sam 16:22-23
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    22And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favor in my sight.

    23And it came to pass, when the [evil] spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

  • 1 Sam 21:12
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    12And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 18:2
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    2And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.

  • 1 Sam 23:13
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    13Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.

  • 1 Sam 27:1
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    1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

  • 1 Chr 14:17
    75%

    17And the fame of David went out into all lands; and Jehovah brought the fear of him upon all nations.

  • 1 Sam 14:17-18
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    17Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armorbearer were not there.

    18And Saul said unto Ahijah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was [there] at that time with the children of Israel.

  • 1 Sam 19:1-2
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    1And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should slay David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David.

    2And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to slay thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

  • 1 Sam 19:18
    74%

    18Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.

  • 1 Sam 24:9
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    9And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearkenest thou to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

  • 1 Sam 28:16
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    16And Samuel said, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing Jehovah is departed from thee, and is become thine adversary?

  • 1 Chr 13:12
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    12And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?

  • 1 Sam 27:4
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    4And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

  • 1 Sam 14:46
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    46Then Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.

  • 1 Sam 23:17
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    17And he said unto him, Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.

  • 1 Sam 24:7
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    7So David checked his men with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. And Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

  • 1 Sam 26:3
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    3And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

  • 1 Sam 26:17
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    17And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.

  • 1 Sam 26:25
    72%

    25Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do mightily, and shalt surely prevail. So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

  • 2 Sam 1:14
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    14And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy Jehovah's anointed?

  • 1 Sam 22:23
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    23Abide thou with me, fear not; for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: for with me thou shalt be in safeguard.