1 Samuel 17:34

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But David told him: Your Majesty, I take care of my father's sheep. And when one of them is dragged off by a lion or a bear,

Cross References

Genesis 31:39

If a wild animal killed one of your sheep or goats, I paid for it myself. In fact, you demanded the full price, whether the animal was killed during the day or at night.

2 Samuel 17:8

You know that your father and his followers are real warriors. Now they are as fierce as a mother bear whose cubs have just been killed. Besides, your father has a lot of experience in fighting wars, and he won't be spending the night with the others.

2 Samuel 23:20

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a brave man from Kabzeel who did some amazing things. He killed two of Moab's best fighters, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.

1 Chronicles 11:22

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a brave man from Kabzeel who did some amazing things. One time he killed two of Moab's best fighters, and one snowy day he went into a pit and killed a lion.

Psalm 143:5

I remember to think about the many things you did in years gone by.

Ezekiel 34:12

just as a shepherd looks for lost sheep. My sheep have been lost since that dark and miserable day when they were scattered throughout the nations. But I will rescue them

Amos 3:12

The LORD has promised that only a few from Samaria will escape with their lives and with some broken pieces of their beds and couches. It will be like when a shepherd rescues two leg bones and part of a sheep's ear from the jaws of a lion.

Zechariah 11:16

Once more I am going to let a worthless nobody rule the land—one who won't care for the strays or search for the young or heal the sick or feed the healthy. He will just dine on the fattest sheep, leaving nothing but a few bones.”

Zechariah 9:7

No longer will the Philistines eat meat with blood in it or any unclean food. They will become part of the people of our God from the tribe of Judah. And God will accept the people of Ekron, as he did the Jebusites.

Luke 2:8

That night in the fields near Bethlehem some shepherds were guarding their sheep.

John 10:11

I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd gives up his life for his sheep.

Romans 5:4

And endurance builds character, which gives us a hope

Hebrews 11:33

Their faith helped them conquer kingdoms, and because they did right, God made promises to them. They closed the jaws of lions

Revelation 13:2

The beast that I saw had the body of a leopard, the feet of a bear, and the mouth of a lion. The dragon handed over its own power and throne and great authority to this beast.

Judges 14:6

But the LORD's Spirit took control of Samson, and with his bare hands he tore the lion apart, as though it had been a young goat. His parents didn't know what he had done, and he didn't tell them.

1 Samuel 17:15

He took care of his father's sheep, and he went back and forth between Bethlehem and Saul's camp.

1 Samuel 17:33

“You don't have a chance against him,” Saul replied. “You're only a boy, and he's been a soldier all his life.”

1 Samuel 17:35

I go after it and beat the wild animal until it lets the sheep go. If the wild animal turns and attacks me, I grab it by the throat and kill it.