1 Samuel 26:20

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

So don’t let my blood fall to the ground far from the Lord’s presence, for the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea,  like one who pursues a partridge in the mountains.’

Cross References

1 Samuel 24:14

Who has the king of Israel come after? What are you chasing after? A dead dog? A single flea?

Matthew 26:55

At that time Jesus said to the crowds, ‘Have you come out with swords and clubs, as if I were a criminal,   to capture me? Every day I used to sit, teaching in the temple, and you didn’t arrest me.

Matthew 26:47

While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, suddenly arrived.  A large mob with swords and clubs was with him from the chief priests and elders of the people.

1 Samuel 25:29

‘Someone is pursuing you and intends to take your life. My lord’s life is tucked safely in the place  where the Lord your God protects the living, but he is flinging away your enemies’ lives like stones from a sling.

1 Samuel 2:9

He guards the steps  of his faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness, for a person does not prevail by his own strength.

1 Samuel 24:11

Look, my father!  Look at the corner of your robe in my hand, for I cut it off, but I didn’t kill you. Recognise  that I’ve committed no crime or rebellion. I haven’t sinned against you even though you are hunting me down to take my life.

Jeremiah 16:16

‘I am about to send for many fishermen’   #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘and they will fish for them. Then I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill and out of the clefts of the rocks,

Lamentations 3:52

For no reason, my enemies hunted me like a bird.

1 Samuel 24:15

May the Lord be judge and decide between you and me. May he take notice and plead my case and deliver  me from you.’