1 Samuel 17:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Saul and all Israel, hearing those words of the Philistine, were troubled and full of fear.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 31:8 : 8 It is the Lord who goes before you; he will be with you, he will not take away his help from you or give you up: so have no fear.
  • Josh 1:9 : 9 Have I not given you your orders? Take heart and be strong; have no fear and do not be troubled; for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go,
  • Ps 27:1 : 1 <Of David.> The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?
  • Prov 28:1 : 1 The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.
  • Isa 51:12-13 : 12 I, even I, am your comforter: are you so poor in heart as to be in fear of man who will come to an end, and of the son of man who will be like grass? 13 And you have given no thought to the Lord your Maker, by whom the heavens were stretched out, and the earth placed on its base; and you went all day in fear of the wrath of the cruel one, when he was making ready for your destruction. And where is the wrath of the cruel one?
  • Isa 57:11 : 11 And of whom were you in fear, so that you were false, and did not keep me in mind, or give thought to it? Have I not been quiet, keeping myself secret, and so you were not in fear of me?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 17:23-26
    4 verses
    86%

    23And while he was talking to them, the fighter, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came out from the Philistines' lines and said the same words, in David's hearing.

    24And all the men of Israel, when they saw him, went in flight, overcome with fear.

    25And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man? Clearly he has come out to put shame on Israel: and it is certain that if any man overcomes him, the king will give that man great wealth, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's family free in Israel.

    26And David said to the men near him, What will be done to the man who overcomes this Philistine and takes away the shame from Israel? for who is this Philistine, a man without circumcision, that he has put shame on the armies of the living God?

  • 1 Sam 28:4-5
    2 verses
    85%

    4And the Philistines came together and put their forces in position in Shunem; and Saul got all Israel together and they took up their positions in Gilboa.

    5And when Saul saw the Philistine army he was troubled, and his heart was moved with fear.

  • 1 Sam 17:8-10
    3 verses
    82%

    8He took up his position and in a loud voice said to the armies of Israel, Why have you come out to make war? Am I not a Philistine and you servants of Saul? Send out a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.

    9If he is able to have a fight with me and overcome me, then we will be your servants: but if I am able to overcome him, then you will be our servants and do work for us.

    10And the Philistine said, I have put to shame the armies of Israel this day; give me a man so that we may have a fight together.

  • 1 Sam 17:19
    81%

    19Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 17:31-33
    3 verses
    81%

    31And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.

    32And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart become feeble because of him; I, your servant, will go out and have a fight with this Philistine.

    33And Saul said to David, You are not able to go out against this Philistine and have a fight with him: for you are only a boy, and he has been a man of war from his earliest days.

  • 1 Sam 7:7
    80%

    7Now when the Philistines had news that the children of Israel had come together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And the children of Israel, hearing of it, were full of fear.

  • 1 Sam 23:3
    79%

    3And David's men said to him, Even here in Judah we are full of fear: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

  • 1 Sam 21:10
    78%

    10Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 17:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1Now the Philistines got their armies together for war, and came together at Socoh in the land of Judah, and took up their position between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.

    2And Saul and the men of Israel came together and took up their position in the valley of Elah, and put their forces in order against the Philistines.

    3The Philistines were stationed on the mountain on one side and Israel on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

  • 1 Sam 18:12
    78%

    12And Saul went in fear of David, because the Lord was with David and had gone away from Saul.

  • 1 Sam 13:4
    78%

    4And 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 17:36-37
    2 verses
    78%

    36Your servant has overcome lion and bear: and the fate of this Philistine, who is without circumcision, will be like theirs, seeing that he has put shame on the armies of the living God.

    37And David said, The Lord, who kept me safe from the grip of the lion and the bear, will be my saviour from the hands of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go! and may the Lord be with you.

  • 1 Sam 18:15
    78%

    15And when Saul saw how wisely he did, he was in fear of him.

  • 1 Sam 17:44-45
    2 verses
    77%

    44And the Philistine said to David, Come here to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field.

    45Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword and a spear and a javelin: but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel on which you have put shame.

  • 1 Sam 17:48
    77%

    48Now when the Philistine made a move and came near to David, David quickly went at a run in the direction of the army, meeting the Philistine face to face.

  • 1 Sam 17:41-42
    2 verses
    77%

    41And the Philistine came nearer to David; and the man who had his body-cover went before him.

    42And when the Philistine, taking note, saw David, he had a poor opinion of him: for he was only a boy, red-haired and good-looking.

  • 1 Chr 10:11
    77%

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

  • 1 Chr 10:1
    77%

    1Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel; and the men of Israel went in flight before the Philistines, falling down wounded in Mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 4:7
    77%

    7And the Philistines, full of fear, said, God has come into their tents. And they said, Trouble is ours! for never before has such a thing been seen.

  • 1 Chr 14:8-9
    2 verses
    77%

    8And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over all Israel, they went up in search of David, and David, hearing of it, went out against them.

    9Now the Philistines had come, and had gone out in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 1 Sam 21:12
    76%

    12And David took these words to heart, fearing Achish, the king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 31:1
    76%

    1Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel: and the men of Israel went in flight before the Philistines, falling down wounded in Mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 17:21
    76%

    21And Israel and the Philistines had put their forces in position, army against army.

  • 1 Sam 17:16
    76%

    16And the Philistine came near every morning and evening for forty days.

  • 1 Chr 14:17
    76%

    17And David's name was honoured in all lands; and the Lord put the fear of him on all nations.

  • 1 Sam 14:20
    75%

    20And Saul and all the people with him came together and went forward to the fight: and every man's sword was turned against the man at his side, and there was a very great noise.

  • 2 Sam 5:17
    75%

    17And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over Israel, they all went up in search of David; and David, hearing of it, went down to the strong place.

  • 1 Chr 10:7
    75%

    7And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that the men of Israel had gone in flight and that Saul and his sons were dead, they went in flight away from their towns; and the Philistines came and took them for themselves.

  • 1 Sam 17:51-52
    2 verses
    75%

    51So running up to the Philistine and putting his foot on him, David took his sword out of its cover, and put him to death, cutting off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their fighter was dead, they went in flight.

    52And the men of Israel and of Judah got up, and gave a cry, and went after the Philistines as far as Gath and the town doors of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines were falling down by the road from Shaaraim all the way to Gath and Ekron.

  • 1 Sam 13:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6When the men of Israel saw the danger they were in, (for the people were troubled,) they took cover in cracks in the hillsides and in the woods and in rocks and holes and hollows.

    7And a great number of the people had gone over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but Saul was still in Gilgal, and all the people went after him shaking in fear.

  • 1 Sam 31:11
    75%

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

  • 1 Sam 14:52
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    52All through the life of Saul there was bitter war against the Philistines; and whenever Saul saw any strong man or any good fighting man, he kept him near himself.

  • 1 Sam 27:1
    74%

    1And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.

  • 1 Sam 19:8
    74%

    8And there was war again: and David went out fighting the Philistines, causing great destruction among them; and they went in flight before him.