1 Chronicles 21:30

KJV1611 – Modern English

But David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

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  • Deut 10:12 : 12 And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
  • 2 Sam 6:9 : 9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?
  • 1 Chr 13:12 : 12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
  • 1 Chr 21:16 : 16 And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between the earth and the heavens, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.
  • Job 13:21 : 21 Withdraw your hand far from me, and let not your dread make me afraid.
  • Job 21:6 : 6 Even when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling takes hold of my flesh.
  • Job 23:15 : 15 Therefore I am troubled at his presence; when I consider, I am afraid of him.
  • Ps 90:11 : 11 Who knows the power of your anger? even according to your fear, so is your wrath.
  • Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh trembles for fear of You, and I am afraid of Your judgments.
  • Jer 5:22 : 22 Do you not fear me? says the LORD: will you not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the boundary of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
  • Jer 10:7 : 7 Who would not fear you, O King of nations? for it belongs to you: among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like you.
  • Heb 12:28-29 : 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: 29 For our God is a consuming fire.
  • Rev 1:17 : 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand on me, saying to me, Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last:
  • Rev 15:4 : 4 Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You, for Your judgments have been revealed.

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  • 1 Chr 21:15-22
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    79%

    15And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD looked, and relented of the evil, and said to the angel who destroyed, It is enough, stay your hand now. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

    16And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between the earth and the heavens, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.

    17And David said to God, Was it not I who commanded the people to be numbered? It is I who have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? Let your hand, I pray, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on your people, that they should be afflicted.

    18Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David that David should go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

    19And David went up at the word of Gad, which he spoke in the name of the LORD.

    20And Ornan turned and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

    21As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out from the threshing floor, and bowed to David with his face to the ground.

    22Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar there to the LORD; you shall grant it to me for the full price: that the plague may be stopped from the people.

  • 1 Chr 13:12-13
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    78%

    12And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?

    13So David did not bring the ark home to himself, to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.

  • 2 Sam 6:9-10
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    78%

    9And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?

    10So David would not move the ark of the LORD to him into the city of David, but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.

  • 1 Chr 21:27-29
    3 verses
    75%

    27And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put his sword back into its sheath.

    28At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there.

    29For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.

  • 1 Sam 21:8-10
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    74%

    8And David said to Ahimelech, Is there not here on hand a spear or sword? For I have not brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.

    9And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if you will take that, take it, for there is no other but that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it to me.

    10And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 23:2-4
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    73%

    2Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and strike these Philistines? And the LORD said to David, Go and strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.

    3And David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

    4Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.

  • 1 Sam 21:1
    72%

    1Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David and said to him, Why are you alone, and no man with you?

  • 1 Sam 18:12
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    12And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and had departed from Saul.

  • 1 Sam 17:39
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    39David fastened his sword over his armor and tried to go, but he was not used to them. David said to Saul, I cannot go with these, for I am not used to them. And David took them off.

  • 2 Sam 1:14
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    14And David said to him, How are you not afraid to stretch forth your hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?

  • 2 Sam 5:23
    71%

    23And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, You shall not go up, but circle around behind them and come upon them opposite the mulberry trees.

  • 1 Sam 14:37
    71%

    37Saul inquired of God, "Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You deliver them into the hand of Israel?" But He did not answer him that day.

  • 1 Chr 14:10
    71%

    10David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand? And the LORD said to him, Go up; for I will deliver them into your hand.

  • 2 Sam 24:16-19
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    71%

    16And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented of the evil, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay your hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

    17And David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, Behold, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let Your hand, I pray You, be against me, and against my father's house.

    18And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, erect an altar to the LORD in the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

    19And David, according to the word of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.

  • 1 Chr 14:14
    71%

    14David inquired again of God; and God said to him, Do not go up after them; turn away from them and come upon them opposite the mulberry trees.

  • 1 Chr 10:14
    70%

    14And he did not inquire of the LORD. Therefore He killed him and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.

  • 1 Sam 29:9
    70%

    9And Achish answered and said to David, I know that you are good in my sight, like an angel of God; notwithstanding, the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

  • 1 Sam 21:12
    70%

    12And David took these words to heart and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

  • 2 Sam 3:11
    70%

    11And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.

  • Judg 20:27
    70%

    27And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

  • 1 Sam 28:5
    69%

    5When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.

  • 1 Chr 14:16-17
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    69%

    16David therefore did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.

    17And the fame of David spread into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.

  • 1 Chr 13:3
    69%

    3And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we did not inquire of it in the days of Saul.

  • 2 Sam 5:19
    69%

    19And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand? And the LORD said to David, Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand.

  • 1 Sam 23:10
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    10Then David said, O LORD God of Israel, your servant has certainly heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

  • 2 Sam 24:21
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    21And Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing floor from you, to build an altar to the LORD, that the plague may be stopped from the people.

  • 1 Sam 17:41
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    41The Philistine came closer and closer to David, and the man who carried his shield went in front of him.

  • 1 Sam 17:32-33
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    32David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

    33Saul said to David, You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are just a youth, and he has been a man of war from his youth.

  • 1 Chr 22:1
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    1Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

  • 1 Sam 17:45
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    45Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.