1 Samuel 23:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 1 Sam 20:31 : 31 For while the son of Jesse is living on the earth, your position is unsafe and your kingdom is in danger. So make him come here to me, for it is certainly right for him to be put to death.
  • 1 Sam 24:20 : 20 If a man comes across his hater, will he let him get away safe? so may you be rewarded by the Lord for what you have done for me today.
  • 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.
  • Heb 13:6 : 6 So that we say with a good heart, The Lord is my helper; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me?
  • Luke 12:32 : 32 Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
  • Acts 5:39 : 39 But if it is of God, you will not be able to overcome them, and you are in danger of fighting against God.
  • Acts 28:16 : 16 And when we came into Rome, they let Paul have a house for himself and the armed man who kept watch over him.
  • Rom 15:24 : 24 Whenever I go to Spain (for it is my hope to see you on my way, and to be sent on there by you, if first I may in some measure have been comforted by your company)--
  • Job 5:11-15 : 11 Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place; 12 Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes. 13 He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly. 14 In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night. 15 But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong.
  • Ps 27:1-3 : 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? 2 When evil-doers, even my haters, came on me to put an end to me, they were broken and put to shame. 3 Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved.
  • Ps 46:1-2 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah; put to Alamoth. A Song.> God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 For this cause we will have no fear, even though the earth is changed, and though the mountains are moved in the heart of the sea;
  • Ps 91:1-2 : 1 Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High; 2 Who says of the Lord, He is my safe place and my tower of strength: he is my God, in whom is my hope.
  • Prov 14:26 : 26 For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place.
  • Prov 19:21 : 21 A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.
  • Isa 41:10 : 10 Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.
  • Isa 41:14 : 14 Have no fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will be your helper, says the Lord, even he who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 23:16
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    16 And Saul's son Jonathan went to David in Horesh, and made his hands strong in God;

  • 1 Sam 19:1-4
    4 verses
    79%

    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:

    3 And I will go out and take my place by my father's side in the field near where you are; and I will get into talk with my father about you, and when I see how things are, I will give you word.

    4 And Jonathan gave his father Saul a good account of David, and said to him, Let not the king do wrong against his servant, against David; because he has done you no wrong, and all his acts have had a good outcome for you:

  • 1 Sam 20:8-13
    6 verses
    78%

    8 So, then, be kind to your servant; for you have been united with your servant in an agreement made before the Lord: but if there is any wrongdoing in me, put me to death yourself; why take me to your father?

    9 And Jonathan said, Do not have such a thought: for if I saw that my father was designing evil against you, would I not give you word of it?

    10 Then David said to Jonathan, Who will give me word if your father gives you a rough answer?

    11 And Jonathan said to David, Come, let us go out into the country. And the two of them went out together into the open country.

    12 And Jonathan said to David, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be witness; when I have had a chance of talking to my father, about this time tomorrow, if his feelings to David are good, will I not send and give you the news?

    13 May the Lord's punishment be on Jonathan, if it is my father's pleasure to do you evil and I do not give you word of it and send you away so that you may go in peace: and may the Lord be with you, as he has been with my father.

  • 1 Sam 23:18
    78%

    18 And the two of them made an agreement before the Lord: and David went on living in Horesh, and Jonathan went back to his house.

  • 1 Sam 24:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

    20 If a man comes across his hater, will he let him get away safe? so may you be rewarded by the Lord for what you have done for me today.

    21 And now I am certain that you will be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be made strong under your authority.

  • 1 Sam 20:1-4
    4 verses
    77%

    1 And David went in flight from Naioth in Ramah and came to Jonathan and said, What have I done? What is my crime and my sin against your father that he is attempting to take my life?

    2 And he said to him, Far be the thought: you will not be put to death: see, my father does nothing, great or small, without giving me word of it: would he keep this secret from me? It is not so.

    3 But David took his oath again and said, Your father sees that I am dear to you; so he says to himself, Let Jonathan have no idea of this, for it will be a grief to him; but as the Lord is living, and as your soul is living, there is only a step between me and death.

    4 Then Jonathan said to David, Whatever your desire is, I will do it for you.

  • 2 Sam 9:7
    77%

    7 And David said to him, Have no fear: for truly I will be good to you, because of your father Jonathan, and I will give back to you all the land which was Saul's; and you will have a place at my table at all times.

  • 1 Sam 20:31-33
    3 verses
    76%

    31 For while the son of Jesse is living on the earth, your position is unsafe and your kingdom is in danger. So make him come here to me, for it is certainly right for him to be put to death.

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

    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 26:17
    76%

    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 19:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

    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.

  • 1 Sam 22:23
    76%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 20:42
    75%

    42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, for we two have taken an oath, in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord will be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed for ever. Then David went away, and Jonathan went into the town.

  • 1 Sam 14:44-45
    2 verses
    75%

    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 26:25
    75%

    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 24:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    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?

    11 Look! you have seen today how the Lord gave you up into my hands even now in the hollow of the rocks: and some would have had me put you to death, but I had pity on you: for I said, Never will my hand be lifted up against my lord, who has been marked with the holy oil.

  • 1 Sam 17:37
    73%

    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 18:12
    73%

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

  • 1 Sam 18:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 Now after David's talk with Saul was ended, the soul of Jonathan was joined with the soul of David, and David became as dear to him as his very life.

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

  • 1 Sam 23:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11 And now, is it true, as they have said to me, that Saul is coming? O Lord, the God of Israel, give ear to your servant, and say if these things are so. And the Lord said, He is coming down.

    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 14:1
    73%

    1 Now one day Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who was with him, looking after his arms, Come, let us go over to the Philistine force over there. But he said nothing to his father.

  • 1 Kgs 11:37
    73%

    37 And you I will take, and you will be king over Israel, ruling over whatever is the desire of your soul.

  • 1 Sam 17:32-33
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 2:7
    73%

    7 Then let your hands be strong, and have no fear: though Saul your lord is dead, the people of Judah have made me their king.

  • 1 Sam 28:19
    73%

    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 14:40
    72%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 1:17
    72%

    17 Then David made this song of grief for Saul and Jonathan, his son:

  • 1 Sam 25:30
    72%

    30 And when the Lord has done for my lord all those good things which he has said he will do for you, and has made you a ruler over Israel;

  • 1 Sam 22:13
    72%

    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 18:22
    72%

    22 And 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.

  • 2 Sam 1:5
    72%

    5 And David said to the young man who gave him the news, Why are you certain that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?