1 Samuel 26:20

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Now therefore, do not let my blood fall to the ground away from the presence of the Lord, for the king of Israel has come out to seek a single flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”

Cross References

Jeremiah 16:16

I am now sending for many fishermen, says the Lord, and they shall catch them, and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill and out of the clefts of the rocks.

Lamentations 3:52

Those who were my enemies without cause have hunted me like a bird;

Matthew 26:47

While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived; with him was a large crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people.

Matthew 26:55

At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as though I were a rebel? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not arrest me.

1 Samuel 2:9

He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked will perish in darkness, for not by might does one prevail.

1 Samuel 24:11

See, my father, see the corner of your cloak in my hand, for by the fact that I cut off the corner of your cloak and did not kill you, you may know for certain that there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you are hunting me to take my life.

1 Samuel 24:14

Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A single flea?

1 Samuel 24:15

May the Lord, therefore, be judge and give sentence between me and you. May he see to it and plead my cause and vindicate me against you.”

1 Samuel 25:29

If anyone should rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living under the care of the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling.