1 Samuel 25:29

New American Bible - revised edition

If any adversary pursues you to seek your life, may the life of my lord be bound in the bundle of the living in the care of the Lord your God; may God hurl out the lives of your enemies as from the hollow of a sling.

Cross References

Genesis 15:1

Some time afterward, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: Do not fear, Abram! I am your shield; I will make your reward very great.

2 Samuel 4:8

They brought the head of Ishbaal to David in Hebron and said to the king: “This is the head of Ishbaal, son of your enemy Saul, who sought your life. Thus has the Lord this day avenged my lord the king on Saul and his posterity.”

Job 27:22

It hurls itself at him without pity, as he tries to flee from its power.

Psalm 116:15

Dear in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his devoted.

Psalm 54:3

O God, by your name save me. By your strength defend my cause.

Psalm 66:9

Who has kept us alive and not allowed our feet to slip.

Jeremiah 10:18

For thus says the Lord: Now, at this time I will sling away the inhabitants of the land; I will hem them in, that they may be taken.

Malachi 3:17

They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, my own special possession, on the day when I take action. And I will have compassion on them, as a man has compassion on his son who serves him.

John 14:19

In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me, because I live and you will live.

John 17:21

so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me.

John 17:23

I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me.

Deuteronomy 33:29

Happy are you, Israel! Who is like you, a people delivered by the Lord, Your help and shield, and the sword of your glory. Your enemies cringe before you; you stride upon their backs.

1 Peter 1:5

who by the power of God are safeguarded through faith, to a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the final time.

1 Samuel 2:9

He guards the footsteps of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall perish in the darkness; for not by strength does one prevail.