1 Samuel 22:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks your life is seeking mine as well. You will be safe with me.””
A short, plain-language explanation of 1 Samuel 22:23 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks your life is seeking mine as well. You will be safe with me.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Abide thou with me, fear not; for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: for with me thou shalt be in safeguard.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“dwell with me; fear not; for he who seeketh my life seeketh thy life; for a charge <FI>art<Fi> thou with me.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 22:23 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 23:17saying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”
- 2 Samuel 9:7“Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”
- 1 Kings 2:26Then 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.”
- Matthew 24:9Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
- John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
- John 15:20Remember 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.
- John 16:2They 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.
- John 17:12While 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.
- John 18:9This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”
- Hebrews 12:1Therefore, 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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