1 Samuel 26:4

American Standard Version (1901)

David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 2:1 : 1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. And they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 26:5-7
    3 verses
    83%

    5And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people were encamped round about him.

    6Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.

    7So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay round about him.

  • 1 Sam 26:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?

    2Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

    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 23:13-15
    3 verses
    77%

    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.

    14And David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

    15And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.

  • 1 Sam 23:22-27
    6 verses
    75%

    22Go, I pray you, make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, [and] who hath seen him there; for it is told me that he dealeth very subtly.

    23See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me of a certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.

    24And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.

    25And Saul and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard [that], he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

    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.

    27But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have made a raid upon the land.

  • 1 Sam 23:7-10
    4 verses
    75%

    7And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

    8And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

    9And David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

    10Then said David, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thy servant hath surely heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

  • 1 Sam 24:1-4
    4 verses
    75%

    1And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.

    2Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

    3And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet. Now David and his men were abiding in the innermost parts of the cave.

    4And the men of David said unto him, Behold, the day of which Jehovah said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thy hand, and thou shalt do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.

  • 1 Sam 22:6
    75%

    6And Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him: now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk-tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him.

  • 1 Sam 17:31
    73%

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

  • 1 Sam 26:13
    73%

    13Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mountain afar off; a great space being between them;

  • 2 Sam 3:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.

    26And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.

  • 1 Sam 24:22
    73%

    22And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the stronghold.

  • 1 Sam 26:17
    72%

    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 24:9
    72%

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

  • 1 Sam 27:4
    72%

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

  • 2 Sam 1:3
    72%

    3And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.

  • 1 Sam 18:5
    71%

    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 19:15
    71%

    15And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.

  • 1 Sam 27:1
    71%

    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 Sam 18:24
    71%

    24And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.

  • 1 Sam 18:15
    71%

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

  • 1 Sam 28:1
    71%

    1And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their hosts together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me in the host, thou and thy men.

  • 1 Sam 23:19
    71%

    19Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?

  • 1 Sam 24:7
    71%

    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 26:22
    71%

    22And David answered and said, Behold the spear, O king! let then one of the young men come over and fetch it.

  • 1 Sam 28:4
    71%

    4And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 16:19
    71%

    19Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, who is with the sheep.

  • 1 Sam 19:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

    19And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.

  • 1 Sam 19:10
    70%

    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 21:10
    70%

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

  • 2 Sam 1:5
    70%

    5And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?

  • 1 Sam 19:2
    70%

    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: