1 Samuel 30:6

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David was very upset, for the men were thinking of stoning him; each man grieved bitterly over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the LORD his God.

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  • Ps 56:3-4 : 3 When I am afraid, I trust in you. 4 In God– I boast in his promise– in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me?
  • Ps 56:11 : 11 in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me?
  • Ps 25:17 : 17 Deliver me from my distress; rescue me from my suffering!
  • Ps 18:6 : 6 In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried out to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.
  • Exod 17:4 : 4 Then Moses cried out to the LORD,“What will I do with this people?– a little more and they will stone me!”
  • Ps 27:1-3 : 1 By David. The LORD delivers and vindicates me! I fear no one! The LORD protects my life! I am afraid of no one! 2 When evil men attack me to devour my flesh, when my adversaries and enemies attack me, they stumble and fall. 3 Even when an army is deployed against me, I do not fear. Even when war is imminent, I remain confident.
  • Ps 40:1-2 : 1 For the music director; By David, a psalm. I relied completely on the LORD, and he turned toward me and heard my cry for help. 2 He lifted me out of the watery pit, out of the slimy mud. He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing.
  • Ps 116:3-4 : 3 The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow. 4 I called on the name of the LORD,“Please LORD, rescue my life!”
  • John 8:59 : 59 Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was hidden from them and went out from the temple area.
  • 2 Cor 1:8-9 : 8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living. 9 Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead. 10 He delivered us from so great a risk of death, and he will deliver us. We have set our hope on him that he will deliver us yet again,
  • Ps 116:10 : 10 I had faith when I said,“I am severely oppressed.”
  • Ps 62:5 : 5 Patiently wait for God alone, my soul! For he is the one who gives me hope.
  • Ps 62:8-9 : 8 Trust in him at all times, you people! Pour out your hearts before him! God is our shelter!(Selah) 9 Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.
  • Ps 27:14 : 14 Rely on the LORD! Be strong and confident! Rely on the LORD!
  • Ps 34:1-8 : 1 Written by David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, causing the king to send him away. I will praise the LORD at all times; my mouth will continually praise him. 2 I will boast in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice! 3 Magnify the LORD with me! Let’s praise his name together! 4 I sought the LORD’s help and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. 5 Look to him and be radiant; do not let your faces be ashamed. 6 This oppressed man cried out and the LORD heard; he saved him from all his troubles. 7 The LORD’s angel camps around the LORD’s loyal followers and delivers them. 8 Taste and see that the LORD is good! How blessed is the one who takes shelter in him!
  • Heb 13:6 : 6 So we can say with confidence,“The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid. What can people do to me?”
  • Matt 27:22 : 22 Pilate said to them,“Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?” They all said,“Crucify him!”
  • Num 14:10 : 10 However, the whole community threatened to stone them. But the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the tent of meeting.
  • 1 Sam 1:10 : 10 As for her, she was very distressed. She prayed to the LORD and was, in fact, weeping.
  • 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 But when she reached the prophet on the mountain, she grabbed hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away, but the prophet said,“Leave her alone, for she is very upset. The LORD has kept the matter hidden from me; he didn’t tell me about it.”
  • Job 13:15 : 15 Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!
  • Ps 62:1 : 1 For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. For God alone I patiently wait; he is the one who delivers me.
  • Hab 3:17-18 : 17 When the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce, and the fields yield no crops; when the sheep disappear from the pen, and there are no cattle in the stalls, 18 I will rejoice because of the LORD; I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!
  • Rom 4:18 : 18 Against hope Abraham believed in hope with the result that he became the father of many nations according to the pronouncement,“so will your descendants be.”
  • Rom 4:20 : 20 He did not waver in unbelief about the promise of God but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God.
  • Rom 8:31 : 31 What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
  • 2 Cor 1:6 : 6 But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.
  • Matt 21:9 : 9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those following kept shouting,“Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
  • 2 Cor 4:8 : 8 We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair;
  • 2 Cor 7:5 : 5 For even when we came into Macedonia, our body had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way– struggles from the outside, fears from within.
  • Ps 118:8-9 : 8 It is better to take shelter in the LORD than to trust in people. 9 It is better to take shelter in the LORD than to trust in princes. 10 All the nations surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away. 11 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away. 12 They surrounded me like bees. But they disappeared as quickly as a fire among thorns. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away. 13 “You aggressively attacked me and tried to knock me down, but the LORD helped me.
  • Prov 18:10 : 10 The name of the LORD is like a strong tower; the righteous person runs to it and is set safely on high.
  • Isa 25:4 : 4 For you are a protector for the poor, a protector for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the rainstorm, a shade from the heat. Though the breath of tyrants is like a winter rainstorm,
  • Isa 37:14-20 : 14 Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the LORD’s temple and spread it out before the LORD. 15 Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: 16 “O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, O God of Israel, who is enthroned on the cherubim! You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the sky and the earth. 17 Pay attention, LORD, and hear! Open your eyes, LORD, and observe! Listen to this entire message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God! 18 It is true, LORD, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations and their lands. 19 They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them. 20 Now, O LORD our God, rescue us from his power, so all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the LORD.”
  • Jer 16:19 : 19 Then I said,“LORD, you give me strength and protect me. You are the one I can run to for safety when I am in trouble. Nations from all over the earth will come to you and say,‘Our ancestors had nothing but false gods– worthless idols that could not help them at all.
  • 2 Sam 17:8 : 8 Hushai went on to say,“You know your father and his men– they are soldiers and are as dangerous as a bear out in the wild that has been robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier; he will not stay overnight with the army.
  • Judg 18:25 : 25 The Danites said to him,“Don’t say another word to us, or some very angry men will attack you, and you and your family will die.”
  • Ps 26:1-2 : 1 By David. Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have integrity, and I trust in the LORD without wavering. 2 Examine me, O LORD, and test me! Evaluate my inner thoughts and motives!
  • Ps 42:5 : 5 Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.
  • Ps 42:7 : 7 One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me.
  • Ps 42:11 : 11 Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.
  • Gen 32:7 : 7 Jacob was very afraid and upset. So he divided the people who were with him into two camps, as well as the flocks, herds, and camels.

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