1 Samuel 21:12

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Luke 2:19 : 19 But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.
  • Luke 2:51 : 51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
  • Gen 12:11-13 : 11 It happened, when he had come near to enter Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, "See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at. 12 It will happen, when the Egyptians will see you, that they will say, 'This is his wife.' They will kill me, but they will save you alive. 13 Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you."
  • Gen 26:7 : 7 The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, "She is my sister," for he was afraid to say, "My wife," lest, he thought, "the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to look at."
  • 1 Sam 21:10 : 10 David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
  • Ps 34:4 : 4 I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
  • Ps 56:3 : 3 When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
  • Ps 119:11 : 11 I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

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  • 1 Sam 21:10-11
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    86%

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

    11 The servants of Achish said to him, "Isn't this David the king of the land? Didn't they sing one to another about him in dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?'"

  • 1 Sam 21:13-14
    2 verses
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    13 He changed his behavior before them, and pretended to be mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.

    14 Then Achish said to his servants, "Look, you see the man is mad. Why then have you brought him to me?

  • 1 Sam 27:9-12
    4 verses
    79%

    9 David struck the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the cattle, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the clothing; and he returned, and came to Achish.

    10 Achish said, "Against whom have you made a raid today?" David said, "Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites."

    11 David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, "Lest they should tell of us, saying, 'So did David, and so has been his way all the while he has lived in the country of the Philistines.'"

    12 Achish believed David, saying, "He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he shall be my servant forever."

  • 1 Sam 27:1-5
    5 verses
    78%

    1 David 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."

    2 David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

    3 David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.

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

    5 David said to Achish, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?"

  • 1 Sam 17:11
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    11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

  • 1 Sam 18:15
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    15 When Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.

  • 1 Chr 13:12
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    12 David was afraid of God that day, saying, "How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?"

  • 1 Sam 28:1-2
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    1 It happened in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. Achish said to David, "Know assuredly that you shall go out with me in the army, you and your men."

    2 David said to Achish, "Therefore you shall know what your servant will do." Achish said to David, "Therefore will I make you my bodyguard for ever."

  • 1 Sam 18:11-12
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    11 and Saul threw the spear; for he said, "I will pin David even to the wall!" David escaped from his presence twice.

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

  • 2 Sam 6:9
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    9 David was afraid of Yahweh that day; and he said, "How shall the ark of Yahweh come to me?"

  • 1 Sam 29:2-4
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    2 The lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands; and David and his men passed on in the rear with Achish.

    3 Then the princes of the Philistines said, "What about these Hebrews?" Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, "Isn't this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away to this day?"

    4 But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, "Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For with what should this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Should it not be with the heads of these men?

  • 1 Sam 24:9
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    9 David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to men's words, saying, 'Behold, David seeks your hurt?'

  • 1 Sam 17:23-24
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    23 As he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them.

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

  • 1 Sam 23:3
    73%

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

  • 1 Sam 17:31-32
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    31 When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

    32 David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine."

  • 1 Sam 18:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

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

    30 Then 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 29:8-9
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    72%

    8 David said to Achish, "But what have I done? What have you found in your servant so long as I have been before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?"

    9 Achish answered David, "I know that you are good in my sight, as an angel of God. Notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, 'He shall not go up with us to the battle.'

  • 1 Sam 28:5
    72%

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

  • 1 Sam 21:1
    71%

    1 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, "Why are you alone, and no man with you?"

  • 1 Chr 14:17
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    17 The fame of David went out into all lands; and Yahweh brought the fear of him on all nations.

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

  • 2 Sam 1:14
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    14 David said to him, "How were you not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy Yahweh's anointed?"

  • 1 Sam 29:6
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    6 Then Achish called David, and said to him, "As Yahweh lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, the lords don't favor you.

  • 1 Sam 24:22
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    22 David swore to Saul. Saul went home; but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

  • 1 Sam 19:2
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    2 Jonathan 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.

  • 2 Sam 21:15
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    15 The Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. David grew faint;

  • 2 Sam 5:17
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    17 When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the stronghold.

  • 1 Chr 18:1
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    1 After this it happened, that David struck the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 18:24
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    24 The servants of Saul told him, saying, "David spoke like this."

  • 1 Chr 20:8
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    8 These were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

  • 1 Sam 26:17
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    17 Saul 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 24:3
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    3 He came to the sheep pens by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were abiding in the innermost parts of the cave.

  • 1 Chr 21:30
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    30 But David couldn't go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Yahweh.