1 Samuel 18:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • 1 Sam 28:15 : 15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you made me come up, troubling my rest? And Saul in answer said, I am in great danger; for the Philistines are making war on me, and God has gone away from me and will no longer give me any answer, by the prophets or by dreams: so I have sent for you to make clear to me what I am to do.
  • 1 Sam 18:15 : 15 And when Saul saw how wisely he did, he was in fear of him.
  • 1 Sam 18:29 : 29 And Saul's fear of David became all the greater, and he went on hating him, day by day.
  • 1 Sam 16:13-14 : 13 Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on him there among his brothers: and from that day the spirit of the Lord came on David with power. So Samuel went back to Ramah. 14 Now the spirit of the Lord had gone from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord was troubling him.
  • 1 Sam 16:18 : 18 Then one of the servants in answer said, I have seen a son of Jesse, the Beth-lehemite, who is expert at playing, and a strong man and a man of war; and he is wise in his words, and pleasing in looks, and the Lord is with him.
  • 1 Sam 18:20 : 20 And Saul's daughter Michal was in love with David: and Saul had word of it and was pleased.
  • 1 Sam 22:13 : 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 16:4 : 4 And Samuel did as the Lord said and came to Beth-lehem. And the responsible men of the town came out to him in fear and said, Do you come in peace?
  • Ps 48:3-6 : 3 In its buildings God is seen to be a high tower. 4 For see! the kings came together by agreement, they were joined together. 5 They saw it, and so were full of wonder; they were troubled, and went quickly away in fear. 6 Shaking came on them and pain, as on a woman in childbirth.
  • Ps 51:11 : 11 Do not put me away from before you, or take your holy spirit from me.
  • Ps 53:5 : 5 They were in great fear, where there was no cause for fear: for the bones of those who make war on you have been broken by God; you have put them to shame, because God has no desire for them.
  • Hos 9:12 : 12 Even though their children have come to growth I will take them away, so that not a man will be there; for their evil-doing will be complete and they will be put to shame because of it.
  • Matt 25:41 : 41 Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:
  • Mark 6:20 : 20 For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he was much troubled; and he gave ear to him gladly.
  • Luke 8:37 : 37 And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes made a request to him to go away from them; for they were in great fear: and he got into a boat and went back.
  • Acts 7:9 : 9 And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him,
  • Acts 24:25 : 25 And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.

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  • 1 Sam 18:13-16
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    13 So Saul sent him away, and made him a captain over a thousand; and he went about his business before the people.

    14 And in all his undertakings David did wisely; and the Lord was with him.

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

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

  • 1 Sam 18:28-30
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    28 And it was clear to Saul that the Lord was with David; and he was loved by all Israel.

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

    30 Then the rulers of the Philistines went out to war: and whenever they went out, David did more wisely than all the other servants of Saul, so that his name became greatly honoured.

  • 1 Sam 18:9-11
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    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.

    11 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.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
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    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 16:14
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    14 Now the spirit of the Lord had gone from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord was troubling him.

  • 1 Sam 19:7-10
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    7 Then Jonathan sent for David and gave him word of all these things. And Jonathan took David to Saul, who kept him by his side as in the past.

    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.

  • 1 Sam 17:11
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    11 And Saul and all Israel, hearing those words of the Philistine, were troubled and full of fear.

  • 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 28:5
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    5 And when Saul saw the Philistine army he was troubled, and his heart was moved with fear.

  • 1 Sam 17:37
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    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 17:31-33
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    31 And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.

    32 And 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.

    33 And 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 18:5
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    5 And David went wherever Saul sent him, and did wisely: and Saul put him at the head of his men of war, and this was pleasing to all the people as well as to Saul's servants.

  • 1 Sam 17:24
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    24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw him, went in flight, overcome with fear.

  • 2 Sam 6:9
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    9 And such was David's fear of the Lord that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?

  • 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 21:12
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    12 And David took these words to heart, fearing Achish, the king of Gath.

  • 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 23:13
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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.

  • 1 Sam 27:1
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    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.

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

  • 1 Sam 14:17-18
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    17 Then Saul said to the people who were with him, Let everyone be numbered and let us see who has gone from us. And when they had been numbered, it was seen that Jonathan and his servant were not there.

    18 And Saul said to Ahijah, Let the ephod come here. For he went before Israel with the ephod at that time.

  • 1 Sam 19:1-2
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    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 19:18
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    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 24:9
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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.

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    16 And Samuel said, Why do you put your questions to me, seeing that God has gone away from you and is on the side of him who is against you?

  • 1 Chr 13:12
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    12 And so great was David's fear of God that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?

  • 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 14:46
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    46 Then Saul, turning back, went after the Philistines no longer: and the Philistines went back to their place.

  • 1 Sam 23:17
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    17 And said to him, Have no fear, for Saul my father will not get you into his power; and you will be king of Israel, and I will be by your side, and my father Saul is certain of this.

  • 1 Sam 24:7
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    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 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 26:17
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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 26:25
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    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.

  • 2 Sam 1:14
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    14 And David said to him, Had you no fear of stretching out your hand to put to death the one marked with the holy oil?

  • 1 Sam 22:23
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    23 Keep here with me and have no fear; for he who has designs on my life has designs on yours: but with me you will be safe.