1 Samuel 23:17
and saith unto him, 'Fear not, for the hand of Saul my father doth not find thee, and thou dost reign over Israel, and I am to thee for second, and also so knoweth Saul my father.'
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1 Samuel 22:23dwell with me; fear not; for he who seeketh my life seeketh thy life; for a charge [art] thou with me.'
1 Samuel 24:21and, now, swear to me by Jehovah — thou dost not cut off my seed after me, nor dost thou destroy my name from the house of my father.'
Job 5:11To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
Psalms 46:1To the Overseer. — By sons of Korah. 'For the Virgins.' — A song. God [is] to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.
Proverbs 14:26In the fear of Jehovah [is] strong confidence, And to His sons there is a refuge.
Isaiah 35:3Strengthen ye the feeble hands, Yea, the stumbling knees strengthen.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 23:15-19
David in the Wilderness of Ziph. ( b. c. 1057.) 14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. 15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. 16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. 17 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find… Read the whole commentary →