1 Samuel 18:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Saul, balancing the spear in his hand, said, I will give David a blow, pinning him to the wall. And David got away from him twice.

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  • 1 Sam 20:33 : 33 And Saul, pointing his spear at him, made an attempt to give him a wound: from which it was clear to Jonathan that his father's purpose was to put David to death.
  • Isa 54:17 : 17 No instrument of war which is formed against you will be of any use; and every tongue which says evil against you will be judged false. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness comes from me, says the Lord.
  • Luke 4:30 : 30 But he came through them and went on his way.
  • John 8:59 : 59 So they took up stones to send at him: but Jesus got secretly out of their way and went out of the Temple.
  • John 10:39 : 39 Then again they made an attempt to take him; but he got away from them.
  • Ps 37:32-33 : 32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death. 33 The Lord will not give him into their hands, or be against him when he is judged.
  • Prov 27:4 : 4 Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?
  • 1 Sam 19:9-9 : 9 And an evil spirit from the Lord came on Saul, when he was seated in his house with his spear in his hand; and David made music for him. 10 And Saul would have sent his spear through him, pinning him to the wall, but he got away and the spear went into the wall: and that night David went in flight and got away.

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  • 1 Sam 19:8-12
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    91%

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

    9 And an evil spirit from the Lord came on Saul, when he was seated in his house with his spear in his hand; and David made music for him.

    10 And Saul would have sent his spear through him, pinning him to the wall, but he got away and the spear went into the wall: and that night David went in flight and got away.

    11 Then in that night Saul sent men to David's house to keep watch on him so as to put him to death in the morning: and David's wife Michal said to him, If you do not go away to a safe place tonight you will be put to death in the morning.

    12 So Michal let David down through the window, and he went in flight and got away.

  • 1 Sam 18:9-10
    2 verses
    81%

    9 And from that day Saul was looking with envy on David.

    10 Now on the day after, an evil spirit from God came on Saul with great force and he was acting like a prophet among the men of his house, while David was making music for him, as he did day by day: and Saul had his spear in his hand.

  • 1 Sam 18:12-13
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    12 And Saul went in fear of David, because the Lord was with David and had gone away from Saul.

    13 So Saul sent him away, and made him a captain over a thousand; and he went about his business before the people.

  • 1 Sam 20:33
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    33 And Saul, pointing his spear at him, made an attempt to give him a wound: from which it was clear to Jonathan that his father's purpose was to put David to death.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
    77%

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

  • 1 Sam 27:1
    76%

    1 And 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 19:1-2
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    76%

    1 And Saul gave orders to his son Jonathan and to all his servants to put David to death. But Saul's son Jonathan had great delight in David.

    2 And Jonathan said to David, Saul, my father, is purposing your death: so now, take care in the morning, and keep yourself safe in a secret place:

  • 1 Sam 24:9-10
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    9 And after that David came out of the hollow rock, and crying after Saul said, My lord the king. And when Saul gave a look back, David went down on his face and gave him honour.

    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 23:26
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    26 And Saul and his men went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men went on the other: and David's purpose was to get away as quickly as possible, for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men were making a circle round David and his men in order to take them.

  • 1 Sam 26:7-8
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    7 So David and Abishai came down to the army by night: and Saul was sleeping inside the ring of carts with his spear planted in the earth by his head: and Abner and the people were sleeping round him.

    8 Then Abishai said to David, God has given up your hater into your hands today; now let me give him one blow through to the earth with his spear, and there will be no need to give him a second.

  • 1 Sam 19:17-18
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    17 And Saul said to Michal, why have you been false to me, letting my hater go and get safely away? And in answer Michal said to Saul, He said to me, Let me go, or I will put you to death.

    18 So David went in flight and got away and came to Ramah, to Samuel, and gave him an account of all Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and were living in Naioth.

  • 1 Sam 17:37
    74%

    37 And 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 18:29
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    29 And Saul's fear of David became all the greater, and he went on hating him, day by day.

  • 1 Sam 26:22
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    22 Then David said, Here is the king's spear! let one of the young men come over and get it.

  • 1 Sam 17:31
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    31 And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.

  • 1 Sam 26:3
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    3 And Saul put up his tents on the hill of Hachilah, which is in front of the waste land on the road. But David was in the waste land, and he saw that Saul was coming after him.

  • 1 Sam 26:13
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    13 Then David went over to the other side, and took his place on the top of a mountain some distance away, with a great space between them;

  • 1 Sam 18:15
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    15 And when Saul saw how wisely he did, he was in fear of him.

  • 1 Sam 22:6
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    6 And news was given to Saul that David had been seen, and the men who were with him: now Saul was in Gibeah, seated under the tree in the high place, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were in their places before him.

  • 1 Sam 31:3-4
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    3 And the fight was going badly for Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.

    4 Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take out your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, and falling on it, put an end to himself.

  • 1 Chr 10:3-4
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    3 And the fight was going against Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.

    4 Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, falling on it himself.

  • 1 Sam 26:11
    73%

    11 Never will my hand be stretched out against the man marked with the holy oil; but take the spear which is by his head and the vessel of water, and let us go.

  • 1 Sam 22:13
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    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 24:7
    73%

    7 And David said to his men, Before the Lord, never let it be said that my hand was lifted up against my lord, the man of the Lord's selection, for the Lord's holy oil has been put on him.

  • 1 Sam 23:13-15
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    13 Then David and his men, about six hundred of them, went out of Keilah, and got away wherever they were able to go. And Saul, hearing that David had got away from Keilah, did not go there.

    14 And David kept in the waste land, in safe places, waiting in the hill-country in the waste land of Ziph. And Saul was searching for him every day, but God did not give him up into his hands.

    15 And David was full of fear, in the knowledge that Saul had come out to take his life; and David was in the waste land of Ziph, in Horesh.

  • 1 Sam 17:39
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    39 And David took Saul's sword and put the band round him over the metal coat, and was unable to go forward; for he was not used to them. Then David said to Saul, It is not possible for me to go out with these, for I am not used to them. So David took them off.

  • 1 Sam 24:22
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    22 So give me your oath by the Lord, that you will not put an end to my seed after me or let my name be cut off from my father's family.

  • 1 Sam 27:4
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    4 And Saul, hearing that David had gone to Gath, went after him no longer.

  • 1 Sam 19:15
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    15 And Saul sent his men to see David, saying, Do not come back without him, take him in his bed, so that I may put him to death.

  • 1 Sam 26:17
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    17 And Saul, conscious that the voice was David's, said, Is that your voice, David, my son? And David said, It is my voice, O my lord king.

  • 1 Sam 16:22-23
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    22 And Saul sent to Jesse saying, Let David be with me, for he is pleasing to me.

    23 And whenever the evil spirit from God came on Saul, David took his instrument and made music: so new life came to Saul, and he got well, and the evil spirit went away from him.

  • 1 Sam 18:2
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    2 And that day Saul took David and would not let him go back to his father's house.

  • 1 Sam 24:3
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    3 Then Saul took three thousand of the best men out of all Israel, and went in search of David and his men on the rocks of the mountain goats.

  • 1 Sam 26:5
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    5 And David got up and came to the place where Saul's tents were: and David had a view of the place where Saul was sleeping with Abner, the son of Ner, the captain of his army: and Saul was sleeping inside the ring of carts, and the tents of the people were all round him.

  • 1 Sam 17:50
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    50 So David overcame the Philistine with his leather band and a stone, wounding the Philistine and causing his death: but David had no sword in his hand.