1 Samuel 22:23
Abide thou with me. Fear not, for he who seeks my life seeks thy life, for with me thou shall be in safeguard.
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1 Samuel 23:17And he said to him, Fear not, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee. And thou shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to thee. And that, Saul my father also knows.
1 Kings 2:26And the king said to Abiathar the priest, Get thee to Anathoth, to thine own fields, for thou are worthy of death. But I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou bore the ark of lord LORD before David my father, and be
John 10:28And I give them eternal life, and they will, no, not perish into the age, and not any will snatch them out of my hand.
John 16:2They will make you excommunicated from the synagogues. But the hour comes that every man who kills you will presume to be offering service to God.
John 18:9so that the word that he spoke might be fulfilled, Of whom thou have given me, I lost, no, not one of them.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 22:21-23
Abiathar's Escape. ( b. c. 1057.) 20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. 21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the Lord 's priests. 22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house. 23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard. Here… Read the whole commentary →