1 Samuel 22:23 - Easy To Read Version

²³ Stay with me. Don’t be afraid. Why? Because the man (Saul) who tried to kill you is the same man who wants to kill me. I will protect you if you stay with me.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ Stay with me, fear not; for he who seeks my life seeks your life. But with me you shall be safeguarded.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ Abide thou with me, fear not; for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: for with me thou shalt be in safeguard.

Common English Bible

²³ Stay with me, and don’t be afraid. The one who seeks my life now seeks yours too. But you’ll be safe with me.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ You should remain with me. Do not be afraid. For he who seeks my life, seeks your life also, but with me you shall be saved."

1 Samuel 22:23 Cross References

2 Samuel 9:7

David said to Mephibosheth, “Don’t be afraid. I will be kind to you. I will do this because of your father Jonathan. I will give back to you all of the land of your grandfather Saul. And you will always be able to eat at my table.”

1 Kings 1:7

Adonijah talked with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest. They decided to help make him the new king.

1 Kings 2:26

Then King Solomon said to Abiathar the priest, “I should kill you, but I will let you go back to your home in Anathoth. I will not kill you now because you helped to carry the Holy Box [8] of the Lord while marching with my father David. And I know that you shared in the hard times, just like my father.”

Matthew 24:9

“Then people will treat you badly. People will give you \{to the rulers\} to be persecuted (hurt) and killed. All people will hate you. All these things will happen to you because you believe in me.

John 15:20

Remember the lesson I told you: A servant is not greater than his master. If people did wrong to me, then they will do wrong to you too. And if people obeyed my teaching, then they will obey yours too.

John 17:12

While I was with them, I kept them safe. I kept them safe by the power of your name—the name you gave me. I protected them. And only one of them was lost—the man (Judas) that chose to be lost. He was lost so that what was said in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [225]} would happen.

John 18:9

This happened so that the words Jesus said before would be true: “I have not lost any of the men you gave me.”

1 Samuel 23:17

Jonathan told David, “Don’t be afraid. My father Saul won’t hurt you. You will become the king of Israel. And I will be second to you. Even my father knows this.”