Psalm 11:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD is my fortress! Don't say to me, “Escape like a bird to the mountains!”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 14:11

Asa prayed: LORD God, only you can help a powerless army defeat a stronger one. So we depend on you to help us. We will fight against this powerful army to honour your name, and we know that you won't be defeated. You are the LORD our God.

2 Chronicles 16:8

Remember how powerful the Ethiopian and Libyan army was, with all their chariots and cavalry troops! You trusted the LORD to help you then, and you defeated them.

Nehemiah 6:11

I answered, “Why should someone like me have to run and hide in the temple to save my life? I won't go!”

Psalm 16:1

Protect me, LORD God! I run to you for safety,

Psalm 25:2

and I trust you. Don't make me ashamed or let enemies defeat me.

Psalm 31:14

But I trust you, LORD, and I claim you as my God.

Psalm 56:11

I trust you and am not afraid. No one can harm me.

Psalm 7:1

You, LORD God, are my protector. Rescue me and keep me safe from all who chase me.

Psalm 7:2

Or else they will rip me apart like lions attacking a victim, and no one will save me.

Psalm 9:10

Everyone who honours your name can trust you, because you are faithful to all who depend on you.

Proverbs 6:5

Save yourself, just as a deer or a bird tries to escape from a hunter.

Jeremiah 48:14

You claim that your soldiers are strong and brave.

Luke 13:31

At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said, “You had better get away from here! Herod wants to kill you.”

1 Samuel 19:11

Saul sent guards to watch David's house all night and then to kill him in the morning. Michal, David's wife, told him, “If you don't escape tonight, they'll kill you tomorrow!”

1 Samuel 20:38

Jonathan shouted to him again, “Hurry up! Don't stop!” The boy picked up the arrows and brought them back to Jonathan,

1 Samuel 22:3

David left Adullam Cave and went to the town of Mizpeh in Moab, where he talked with the king of Moab. “Please,” David said, “let my father and mother stay with you until I find out what God will do with me.”

1 Samuel 23:14

David stayed in hideouts in the hill country of Ziph Desert. Saul kept searching, but God never let Saul catch him.

1 Samuel 27:1

but he thought to himself, “One of these days, Saul is going to kill me. The only way to escape from him is to go to Philistia. Then I'll be outside Israel, and Saul will give up trying to catch me.”