1 Samuel 18:12

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.

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  • 1 Sam 28:15 : 15 ¶ And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
  • 1 Sam 18:15 : 15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
  • 1 Sam 18:29 : 29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.
  • 1 Sam 16:13-14 : 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. 14 ¶ But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
  • 1 Sam 16:18 : 18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, [that is] cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD [is] with him.
  • 1 Sam 18:20 : 20 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
  • 1 Sam 22:13 : 13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
  • 1 Sam 16:4 : 4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
  • Ps 48:3-6 : 3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. 4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. 5 They saw [it, and] so they marvelled; they were troubled, [and] hasted away. 6 Fear took hold upon them there, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.
  • Ps 51:11 : 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
  • Ps 53:5 : 5 There were they in great fear, [where] no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth [against] thee: thou hast put [them] to shame, because God hath despised them.
  • Hos 9:12 : 12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, [that there shall] not [be] a man [left]: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
  • Matt 25:41 : 41 ‹Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:›
  • Mark 6:20 : 20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
  • Luke 8:37 : 37 Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.
  • Acts 7:9 : 9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
  • Acts 24:25 : 25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

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    13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

    14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD [was] with him.

    15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.

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

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    28 And Saul saw and knew that the LORD [was] with David, and [that] Michal Saul's daughter loved him.

    29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.

    30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, [that] David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

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