1 Samuel 11:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Saul said, Not a man is to be put to death today: for today the Lord has made Israel safe.

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  • 1 Sam 19:5 : 5 For he put his life in danger and overcame the Philistine, and the Lord gave all Israel salvation: you saw it and were glad: why then are you sinning against him who has done no wrong, desiring the death of David without cause?
  • 2 Sam 19:22 : 22 And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you put yourselves against me today? is it right for any man in Israel to be put to death today? for I am certain today that I am king in Israel.
  • Exod 14:13 : 13 But Moses said, Keep where you are and have no fear; now you will see the salvation of the Lord which he will give you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you will never see again.
  • Exod 14:30 : 30 So that day the Lord gave Israel salvation from the hands of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the sea's edge.
  • 1 Sam 14:45 : 45 And the people said to Saul, Is death to come to Jonathan, the worker of this great salvation for Israel? Let it not be so: by the living Lord, not one hair of his head is to be touched, for he has been working with God today. So the people kept Jonathan from death.
  • Ps 44:4-8 : 4 You are my King and my God; ordering salvation for Jacob. 5 Through you will we overcome our haters; by your name will they be crushed under our feet who are violent against us. 6 I will not put faith in my bow, my sword will not be my salvation. 7 But it is you who have been our saviour from those who were against us, and have put to shame those who had hate for us. 8 Our pride is in God at all times, to his name we give praise for ever. (Selah.)
  • Isa 59:16 : 16 And he saw that there was no man, and was surprised that there was no one to take up their cause: so his arm gave salvation, and he made righteousness his support.
  • 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 14:44-45
    2 verses
    79%

    44 And Saul said, May God's punishment be on me if death is not your fate, Jonathan.

    45 And the people said to Saul, Is death to come to Jonathan, the worker of this great salvation for Israel? Let it not be so: by the living Lord, not one hair of his head is to be touched, for he has been working with God today. So the people kept Jonathan from death.

  • 1 Sam 11:12
    75%

    12 And the people said to Samuel, Who was it who said, Is Saul to be our king? give the men up, so that we may put them to death.

  • 1 Sam 14:37-41
    5 verses
    74%

    37 And Saul, desiring directions from God, said, Am I to go down after the Philistines? will you give them up into the hands of Israel? But he gave him no answer that day.

    38 And Saul said, Come near, all you chiefs of the people, and let us get word from God and see in whom is this sin today.

    39 For, by the living Lord, the saviour of Israel, even if the sinner is Jonathan, my son, death will certainly be his fate. But not a man among all the people gave him any answer.

    40 Then he said to all Israel, You be on one side, and I with Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said to Saul, Do whatever seems good to you.

    41 Then Saul said to the Lord, the God of Israel, Why have you not given me an answer today? If the sin is in me or in Jonathan my son, O Lord God of Israel, give Urim, and if it is in your people Israel, give Thummim. And by the decision of the Lord, Saul and Jonathan were marked out, and the people went free.

  • 1 Sam 19:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5 For he put his life in danger and overcame the Philistine, and the Lord gave all Israel salvation: you saw it and were glad: why then are you sinning against him who has done no wrong, desiring the death of David without cause?

    6 And Saul gave ear to the voice of Jonathan, and said with an oath, By the living Lord, he is not to be put to death.

  • 2 Sam 19:22
    72%

    22 And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you put yourselves against me today? is it right for any man in Israel to be put to death today? for I am certain today that I am king in Israel.

  • 1 Sam 24:10
    72%

    10 And David said to Saul, Why do you give any attention to those who say that it is my desire to do you wrong?

  • 1 Sam 11:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 Then Samuel said to the people, Come, let us go to Gilgal and there make the kingdom strong in the hands of Saul.

    15 So all the people went to Gilgal; and there in Gilgal they made Saul king before the Lord; and peace-offerings were offered before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel were glad with great joy.

  • 1 Sam 23:21
    71%

    21 And Saul said, The Lord's blessing will be yours, for you have had pity on me.

  • 1 Sam 14:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    23 So the Lord made Israel safe that day: and the fight went over to Beth-aven.

    24 And all the people were with Saul, about twenty thousand men, and the fight was general through all the hill-country of Ephraim; but Saul made a great error that day, by putting the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes food before evening comes and I have given punishment to those who are against me. So the people had not a taste of food.

  • 1 Sam 28:10
    70%

    10 And Saul made an oath to her by the Lord, saying, By the living Lord, no punishment will come to you for this.

  • 2 Sam 3:18
    70%

    18 For the Lord has said of David, By the hand of my servant David I will make my people Israel safe from the Philistines, and from all who are against them.

  • 1 Sam 15:13
    70%

    13 And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, May the blessing of the Lord be with you: I have done what was ordered by the Lord.

  • 1 Sam 24:18
    69%

    18 And he said to David, You are right and I am wrong: for you have given me back good, but I have given you evil.

  • 1 Sam 13:11
    69%

    11 And Samuel said, What have you done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were going away from me, and you had not come at the time which had been fixed, and the Philistines had come together at Michmash;

  • 1 Sam 9:15-17
    3 verses
    69%

    15 Now the day before Saul came, the word of God had come to Samuel, saying,

    16 Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and on him you are to put the holy oil, making him ruler over my people Israel, and he will make my people safe from the hands of the Philistines: for I have seen the sorrow of my people, whose cry has come up to me.

    17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him, This is the man of whom I gave you word! he it is who is to have authority over my people.

  • 2 Sam 21:4
    69%

    4 And the Gibeonites said to him, It is not a question of silver and gold between us and Saul or his family; and it is not in our power to put to death any man in Israel. And he said, Say, then, what am I to do for you?

  • 2 Sam 3:37
    69%

    37 So it was clear to Israel and to all the people on that day that the king was not responsible for the death of Abner, the son of Ner.

  • 1 Sam 26:21
    69%

    21 Then Saul said, I have done wrong: come back to me, David my son: I will do you no more wrong, because my life was dear to you today truly, I have been foolish and my error is very great.

  • 1 Sam 13:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13 And Samuel said to Saul, You have done a foolish thing: you have not kept the rules which the Lord your God gave you; it was the purpose of the Lord to make your authority over Israel safe for ever.

    14 But now, your authority will not go on: the Lord, searching for a man who is pleasing to him in every way, has given him the place of ruler over his people, because you have not done what the Lord gave you orders to do.

  • 1 Sam 20:32
    68%

    32 And Jonathan, answering his father Saul, said to him, Why is he to be put to death? What has he done?

  • 1 Sam 17:46-47
    2 verses
    68%

    46 This day the Lord will give you up into my hands, and I will overcome you, and take your head off you; and I will give the bodies of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth today, so that all the earth may see that Israel has a God;

    47 And all these people who are here today may see that the Lord does not give salvation by sword and spear: for the fight is the Lord's, and he will give you up into our hands.

  • 1 Sam 23:12
    68%

    12 Then David said, Will the men of Keilah give me and my men up to Saul? and the Lord said, They will give you up.

  • 1 Sam 11:5
    68%

    5 Now Saul came from the field, driving the oxen before him; and he said, Why are the people weeping? And they gave him word of what the men of Jabesh had said.

  • 1 Chr 10:14
    68%

    14 And not to the Lord: for this reason, he put him to death and gave the kingdom to David, the son of Jesse.

  • 1 Sam 26:9
    68%

    9 And David said to Abishai Do not put him to death; for who, without sin, may put out his hand against the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil?

  • 1 Sam 22:13
    68%

    13 And Saul said to him, Why have you made designs against me with the son of Jesse, giving him food and a sword and getting directions from the Lord for him, and helping him to take up arms against me, and to be on the watch to make a secret attack on me as he is doing now?

  • 1 Sam 28:19
    68%

    19 And more than this, the Lord will give Israel up with you into the hands of the Philistines: and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me: and the Lord will give up the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 14:34
    68%

    34 And Saul said, Go about among the people and say to them, Let every man come here to me with his ox and his sheep, and put them to death here, and take his meal: do no sin against the Lord by taking the blood with the flesh. So all the people took their oxen with them that night and put them to death there.

  • 1 Sam 31:11
    68%

    11 And when the people of Jabesh-gilead had news of what the Philistines had done to Saul,

  • 1 Sam 13:22
    68%

    22 So on the day of the fight at Michmash, not a sword or a spear was to be seen in the hands of any of the people with Saul and Jonathan: only Saul and his son Jonathan had them.

  • 1 Sam 10:24
    68%

    24 And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see the man of the Lord's selection, how there is no other like him among all the people? And all the people with loud cries said, Long life to the king!

  • 2 Sam 1:16
    68%

    16 And David said to him, May your blood be on your head; for your mouth has given witness against you, saying, I have put to death the man marked with the holy oil.

  • 1 Sam 26:25
    68%

    25 Then Saul said to David, May a blessing be on you, David, my son; you will do great things and without doubt you will overcome. Then David went on his way, and Saul went back to his place.

  • 1 Sam 13:4
    67%

    4 And all Israel had the news that Saul had made an attack on the Philistines, and that Israel was bitterly hated by the Philistines. And the people came together after Saul to Gilgal.

  • 1 Sam 26:23
    67%

    23 And the Lord will give to every man the reward of his righteousness and his faith: because the Lord gave you into my hands today, and I would not put out my hand against the man who has been marked with the holy oil.

  • 2 Sam 21:7
    67%

    7 But the king did not give up Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of the Lord's oath made between David and Jonathan, the son of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 15:1
    67%

    1 And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to put the holy oil on you and to make you king over his people, over Israel: so give ear now to the words of the Lord.

  • 1 Sam 30:23
    67%

    23 Then David said, You are not to do this, my brothers, after what the Lord has given us, who has kept us safe and given up the band which came against us into our hands.