1 Samuel 26:20

Legacy Standard Bible

So now, do not let my blood fall to the ground away from the presence of Yahweh; for the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea, just as one pursues a partridge in the mountains.”

Cross References

Jeremiah 16:16

“Behold, I am going to send for many fishermen,” declares Yahweh, “and they will fish for them; and afterwards I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain and every hill and from the crevices of the rocks.

Lamentations 3:52

My enemies without cause Hunted me down like a bird;

Matthew 26:47

And while He was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came up, and with him was a large crowd with swords and clubs, who came from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Matthew 26:55

At that time Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would against a robber? Every day I used to sit in the temple teaching and you did not seize Me.

1 Samuel 2:9

“He keeps the feet of His holy ones, But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness, For not by power shall a man prevail.

1 Samuel 24:11

Now, my father, see! Indeed, see the edge of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the edge of your robe and did not kill you, know and see that there is no evil or transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you are lying in wait for my life to take it.

1 Samuel 24:14

After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? After a dead dog, after a single flea?

1 Samuel 24:15

Therefore Yahweh be judge and execute justice between you and me; and may He see and plead my cause and execute justice for me to escape from your hand.”

1 Samuel 25:29

And should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, then the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with Yahweh your God; but the lives of your enemies He will sling out as from the hollow of a sling.