1 Samuel 18:29

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Eccl 4:4 : 4 And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
  • John 11:53 : 53 And from that day they took thought together how to put him to death.
  • Jas 2:19 : 19 You have the belief that God is one, and you do well: the evil spirits have the same belief, shaking with fear.
  • 1 John 3:12-15 : 12 Not being of the Evil One like Cain, who put his brother to death. And why did he put him to death? Because his works were evil and his brother's works were good. 13 Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world has no love for you. 14 We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death. 15 Anyone who has hate for his brother is a taker of life, and you may be certain that no taker of life has eternal life in him.
  • Gen 4:4-8 : 4 And Abel gave an offering of the young lambs of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord was pleased with Abel's offering; 5 But in Cain and his offering he had no pleasure. And Cain was angry and his face became sad. 6 And the Lord said to Cain, Why are you angry? and why is your face sad? 7 If you do well, will you not have honour? and if you do wrong, sin is waiting at the door, desiring to have you, but do not let it be your master. 8 And Cain said to his brother, Let us go into the field: and when they were in the field, Cain made an attack on his brother Abel and put him to death.
  • 1 Sam 18:12 : 12 And Saul went in fear of David, because the Lord was with David and had gone away from Saul.
  • 1 Sam 18:15 : 15 And when Saul saw how wisely he did, he was in fear of him.
  • Ps 37:12-14 : 12 The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him. 13 He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming. 14 The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

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  • 1 Sam 18:8-15
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    8And Saul was very angry and this saying was unpleasing to him; and he said, They have given David credit for tens of thousands, and to me for only thousands: what more is there for him but the kingdom?

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

    10Now 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.

    11And 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 1 Sam 19:1-2
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    1And 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.

    2And 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:

  • 2 Sam 3:1
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    1Now there was a long war between Saul's people and David's people; and David became stronger and stronger, but those on Saul's side became more and more feeble.

  • 1 Sam 19:7-11
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    7Then 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.

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

    9And 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.

    10And 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.

    11Then 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.

  • 1 Sam 23:26
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    26And 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 18:20-22
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    20And Saul's daughter Michal was in love with David: and Saul had word of it and was pleased.

    21And Saul said, I will give her to him, so that she may be a cause of danger to him, and so that the hands of the Philistines may be against him. So Saul said to David, Today you are to become my son-in-law for the second time.

    22And Saul gave his servants orders saying, Have talk with David secretly and say to him, See how the king has delight in you, and how you are loved by all his servants: then be the king's son-in-law.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
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    10Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 18:24-25
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    24And the servants of Saul gave him an account of what David had said.

    25And Saul said, Then say to David, The king has no desire for any bride-price, but only for the private parts of a hundred Philistines so that the king may get the better of his haters. But it was in Saul's mind that David might come to his end by the hands of the Philistines.

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

  • 1 Sam 17:31-33
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    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 18:2
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    2And that day Saul took David and would not let him go back to his father's house.

  • 1 Sam 24:9
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    9And 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.

  • 1 Sam 18:5
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    5And 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 28:5
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    5And when Saul saw the Philistine army he was troubled, and his heart was moved with fear.

  • 1 Sam 16:21-22
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    21And David came to Saul, waiting before him: and he became very dear to Saul, who made him his servant, giving him the care of his arms.

    22And Saul sent to Jesse saying, Let David be with me, for he is pleasing to me.

  • 1 Sam 27:1
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    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 18:17
    72%

    17And Saul said to David, Here is my oldest daughter Merab, whom I will give you for your wife: only be strong for me, fighting in the Lord's wars. For Saul said, Let it not be through me that his fate comes to him, but through the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 26:25
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    25Then 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 21:12
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    12And David took these words to heart, fearing Achish, the king of Gath.

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

  • 1 Sam 17:37
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    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 27:12
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    12And Achish had belief in what David said, saying, He has made himself hated by all his people Israel, and so he will be my servant for ever.

  • 1 Sam 26:17
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    17And 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 22:13
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    13And 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 24:16
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    16So let the Lord be judge, and give a decision between me and you, and see and give support to my cause, and keep me from falling into your hands.

  • 1 Sam 19:18
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    18So 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 20:33
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    33And 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 24:7
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    7And 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 24:22
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    22So 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 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.