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1 Samuel 22:23

Protection and safetyFriendshipFearComfort

21 And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD.

22 Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew that Doeg the Edomite was there that day, and that he was sure to tell Saul. I myself am responsible for the lives of everyone in your father’s house.

Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks your life is seeking mine as well. You will be safe with me.”
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BSB
Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks your life is seeking mine as well. You will be safe with me.”
KJV
Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
WEB
Stay with me. Don’t be afraid, for he who seeks my life seeks your life. You will be safe with me.”
ASV
Abide thou with me, fear not; for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: for with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
DARBY
Abide with me, fear not; for he that seeks my life seeks thy life; for with me thou art in safe keeping.
BLB
Stay with me; fear not, for he who seeks my life seeks your life, but you [are] safe with me.”
ÅB
Bli hos meg og vær ikke redd! Den som står meg etter livet, står også deg etter livet; hos meg er du i sikkerhet.
OTB
Bli hos meg; vær ikke redd, for den som søker mitt liv, søker ditt liv også, men du er trygg hos meg."
B1930
Bli hos mig og vær ikke redd! Den som står mig efter livet, står også dig efter livet; hos mig er du i sikkerhet.

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Cross references

  • John 10:28–30

    I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.

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  • 1 Kings 2:26

    Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”

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  • Hebrews 12:1–3

    Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

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  • John 18:9

    This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”

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  • John 15:20

    Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.

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  • Matthew 24:9

    Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

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  • John 17:12

    While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.

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  • John 16:2–3

    They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.

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