Psalm 11:1

New International Reader's Version

I run to the Lord for safety. So how can you say to me, “Fly away like a bird to your mountain.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 14:11

Then Asa called out to the Lord his God. He said, “Lord, there isn’t anyone like you. You help the weak against the strong. Lord our God, help us. We trust in you. In your name we have come out to fight against this huge army. Lord, you are our God. Don’t let mere human beings win the battle over you.”

2 Chronicles 16:8

The people of Cush and Libya had a strong army. They had large numbers of chariots and horsemen. But you trusted in the Lord. So he handed them over to you.

Nehemiah 6:11

But I said, “Should a man like me run away? Should someone like me go into the temple just to save his life? No! I won’t go!”

Psalm 16:1

My God, keep me safe. I go to you for safety.

Psalm 25:2

I trust in you. Don’t let me be put to shame. Don’t let my enemies win the battle over me.

Psalm 31:14

But I trust in you, Lord. I say, “You are my God.”

Psalm 56:11

I trust in God. I am not afraid. What can mere people do to me?

Psalm 7:1

Lord my God, I go to you for safety. Help me. Save me from all those who are chasing me.

Psalm 7:2

If you don’t, they will tear me apart as if they were lions. They will rip me to pieces so that no one can save me.

Psalm 9:10

Lord, those who know you will trust in you. You have never deserted those who look to you.

Proverbs 6:5

As a deer frees itself from a hunter, free yourself. As a bird frees itself from a trapper, free yourself.

Jeremiah 48:14

“How can you say, ‘We are soldiers. We are men who are brave in battle’?

Luke 13:31

At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus. They said to him, “Leave this place. Go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.”

1 Samuel 19:11

Saul sent some men to watch David’s house. He told them to kill David the next morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him. She said, “You must run for your life tonight. If you don’t, tomorrow you will be killed.”

1 Samuel 20:38

He continued, “Hurry up! Run fast! Don’t stop!” The boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.

1 Samuel 22:3

From there David went to Mizpah in Moab. He spoke to the king of Moab. He said, “Please let my father and mother come and stay with you. Let them stay until I learn what God will do for me.”

1 Samuel 23:14

Sometimes David stayed in places of safety in the desert. At other times he stayed in the hills of the Desert of Ziph. Day after day Saul looked for him. But God didn’t hand David over to him.

1 Samuel 27:1

David thought, “Some day Saul will destroy me. So the best thing I can do is escape. I’ll go to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop looking for me everywhere in Israel. His hand won’t be able to reach me.”