1 Samuel 18:12

World English Bible (2000)

Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him, and was departed from Saul.

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  • 1 Sam 28:15 : 15 Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me, to bring me up?" Saul answered, "I am very distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God has departed from me, and answers me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams. Therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I shall do."
  • 1 Sam 18:15 : 15 When Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.
  • 1 Sam 18:29 : 29 Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was 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 brothers: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. 14 Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Yahweh troubled him.
  • 1 Sam 16:18 : 18 Then one of the young men answered, and said, "Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Yahweh is with him."
  • 1 Sam 18:20 : 20 Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
  • 1 Sam 22:13 : 13 Saul said to him, "Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?"
  • 1 Sam 16:4 : 4 Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, "Do you come peaceably?"
  • Ps 48:3-6 : 3 God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge. 4 For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together. 5 They saw it, then they were amazed. They were dismayed. They hurried away. 6 Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.
  • Ps 51:11 : 11 Don't throw me from your presence, and don't take your holy Spirit from me.
  • Ps 53:5 : 5 There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.
  • Hos 9:12 : 12 Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them, so that not a man shall be left. Indeed, woe also to them when I depart from them!
  • Matt 25:41 : 41 Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
  • Mark 6:20 : 20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.
  • Luke 8:37 : 37 All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. He entered into the boat, and returned.
  • Acts 7:9 : 9 "The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him,
  • Acts 24:25 : 25 As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, "Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 18:13-16
    4 verses
    83%

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

    14David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh was with him.

    15When Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.

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

  • 1 Sam 18:28-30
    3 verses
    82%

    28Saul saw and knew that Yahweh was with David; and Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.

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

    30Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it happened, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was highly esteemed.

  • 1 Sam 18:9-11
    3 verses
    80%

    9Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

    10It happened on the next day, that an evil spirit from God came mightily on Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house. David played with his hand, as he did day by day. Saul had his spear in his hand;

    11and Saul threw the spear; for he said, "I will pin David even to the wall!" David escaped from his presence twice.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
    79%

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

  • 1 Sam 16:14
    79%

    14Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Yahweh troubled him.

  • 1 Sam 19:7-10
    4 verses
    78%

    7Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as before.

    8There was war again. David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.

    9An evil spirit from Yahweh was on Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.

    10Saul sought to pin David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he stuck the spear into the wall. David fled, and escaped that night.

  • 1 Sam 17:11
    78%

    11When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

  • 1 Sam 23:26
    78%

    26Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men to take them.

  • 1 Sam 28:5
    77%

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

  • 1 Sam 17:37
    77%

    37David said, "Yahweh who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine." Saul said to David, "Go; and Yahweh shall be with you."

  • 1 Sam 17:31-33
    3 verses
    76%

    31When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

    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 but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth."

  • 1 Sam 18:5
    76%

    5David went out wherever Saul sent him, [and] behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

  • 1 Sam 17:24
    75%

    24All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were terrified.

  • 2 Sam 6:9
    75%

    9David was afraid of Yahweh that day; and he said, "How shall the ark of Yahweh come to me?"

  • 1 Sam 16:22-23
    2 verses
    75%

    22Saul sent to Jesse, saying, "Please let David stand before me; for he has found favor in my sight."

    23It happened, when the [evil] spirit from God was on Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

  • 1 Sam 21:12
    75%

    12David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 18:2
    75%

    2Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.

  • 1 Sam 23:13
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    13Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. It was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he gave up going there.

  • 1 Sam 27:1
    75%

    1David said in his heart, "I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So shall I escape out of his hand."

  • 1 Chr 14:17
    75%

    17The fame of David went out into all lands; and Yahweh brought the fear of him on all nations.

  • 1 Sam 14:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17Then Saul said to the people who were with him, "Count now, and see who is missing from us." When they had counted, behold, Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there.

    18Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring the ark of God here." For the ark of God was [there] at that time with the children of Israel.

  • 1 Sam 19:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David.

    2Jonathan told David, saying, "Saul my father seeks to kill you. Now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in a secret place, and hide yourself.

  • 1 Sam 19:18
    74%

    18Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. He and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.

  • 1 Sam 24:9
    74%

    9David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to men's words, saying, 'Behold, David seeks your hurt?'

  • 1 Sam 28:16
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    16Samuel said, "Why then do you ask of me, since Yahweh has departed from you and has become your adversary?

  • 1 Chr 13:12
    74%

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

  • 1 Sam 27:4
    74%

    4It was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

  • 1 Sam 14:46
    73%

    46Then Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.

  • 1 Sam 23:17
    73%

    17He said to him, "Don't be afraid; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; and you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you; and that also Saul my father knows."

  • 1 Sam 24:7
    73%

    7So David checked his men with these words, and didn't allow them to rise against Saul. Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

  • 1 Sam 26:3
    73%

    3Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David stayed in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

  • 1 Sam 26:17
    73%

    17Saul knew David's voice, and said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" David said, "It is my voice, my lord, O king."

  • 1 Sam 26:25
    72%

    25Then Saul said to David, "You are blessed, my son David. You shall both do mightily, and shall surely prevail." So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

  • 2 Sam 1:14
    72%

    14David said to him, "How were you not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy Yahweh's anointed?"

  • 1 Sam 22:23
    72%

    23Stay with me, don't be afraid; for he who seeks my life seeks your life. For with me you shall be in safeguard."