1 Samuel 27:1

New American Bible - revised edition

David said to himself: “I shall perish some day at the hand of Saul. I have no choice but to escape to the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up his continual search for me throughout the land of Israel, and I will be out of his reach.”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:26

Jeroboam thought to himself: “Now the kingdom will return to the house of David.

1 Kings 12:28

The king took counsel, made two calves of gold, and said to the people: “You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough. Here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

1 Kings 19:3

Elijah was afraid and fled for his life, going to Beer-sheba of Judah. He left his servant there

2 Chronicles 25:17

Having taken counsel, Amaziah, king of Judah, sent word to Joash, son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, the king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us meet face to face.”

Psalm 116:11

I said in my alarm, “All men are liars!”

Psalm 55:7

I say, “If only I had wings like a dove that I might fly away and find rest.

Exodus 14:12

Did we not tell you this in Egypt, when we said, ‘Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? Far better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

Proverbs 13:12

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a wish fulfilled is a tree of life.

Isaiah 51:12

I, it is I who comfort you. Can you then fear mortals who die, human beings who are just grass,

Numbers 14:3

Why is the Lord bringing us into this land only to have us fall by the sword? Our wives and little ones will be taken as spoil. Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”

Matthew 14:31

Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”

Mark 4:40

Then he asked them, “Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have faith?”

2 Corinthians 7:5

For even when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted in every way—external conflicts, internal fears.

1 Samuel 16:1

The Lord said to Samuel: How long will you grieve for Saul, whom I have rejected as king of Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and be on your way. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for from among his sons I have decided on a king.

1 Samuel 16:13

Then Samuel, with the horn of oil in hand, anointed him in the midst of his brothers, and from that day on, the spirit of the Lord rushed upon David. Then Samuel set out for Ramah. David Wins Saul’s Approval.

1 Samuel 20:3

But David replied: “Your father is well aware that I am favored with your friendship, so he has decided, ‘Jonathan must not know about this or he will be grieved.’ Nevertheless, as the Lord lives and as you live, there is only a step between me and death.”

1 Samuel 22:5

But Gad the prophet said to David: “Do not remain in the stronghold! Leave! Go to the land of Judah.” And so David left and went to the forest of Hereth. Doeg Betrays Ahimelech.

1 Samuel 23:17

He said to him: “Have no fear, my father Saul shall not lay a hand to you. You shall be king of Israel and I shall be second to you. Even my father Saul knows this.”

1 Samuel 25:30

And when the Lord fulfills for my lord the promise of success he has made concerning you, and appoints you as ruler over Israel,

1 Samuel 26:19

Please, now, let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant. If the Lord has incited you against me, may an offering please the Lord. But if it is the people who have done so, may they be cursed before the Lord. They have driven me away so that today I have no share in the Lord’s heritage, but am told: ‘Go serve other gods!’

1 Samuel 29:2

As the Philistine lords were marching their units of a hundred and a thousand, David and his warriors were marching in the rear guard with Achish.

1 Samuel 29:3

The Philistine commanders asked, “What are those Hebrews doing here?” Achish answered them: “Why, that is David, the officer of Saul, king of Israel. He has been with me for a year or two, and from the day he came over to me until now I have never found fault in him.”