1 Samuel 26:20

New American Standard Bible 2020

Now then, do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the Lord; for the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea, just as one hunts a partridge in the mountains.”

Cross References

Jeremiah 16:16

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

Lamentations 3:52

My enemies without reason Hunted me down like a bird;

Matthew 26:47

And while He was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came accompanied by 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 man inciting a revolt? Every day I used to sit within the temple grounds teaching, and you did not arrest Me.

1 Samuel 2:9

“He watches over the feet of His godly ones, But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness; For not by might shall a person prevail.

1 Samuel 24:11

So, my father, look! Indeed, look at the edge of your robe in my hand! For by the fact that I cut off the edge of your robe but did not kill you, know and understand that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands, 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 gone out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog, a single flea?

1 Samuel 24:15

May the Lord therefore be judge and decide between you and me; and may He see and plead my cause and save me from your hand.”

1 Samuel 25:29

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 the Lord your God; but the lives of your enemies He will sling out as from the hollow of a sling.