1 Samuel 26:24

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“As surely as I valued your life today, so may the LORD value my life and rescue me from all trouble.””

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BSBPD

“As surely as I valued your life today, so may the LORD value my life and rescue me from all trouble.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the Lord, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of Jehovah, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and lo, as thy soul hath been great this day in mine eyes, so is my soul great in the eyes of Jehovah, and He doth deliver me out of all distress.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Samuel 26:24 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 48:16the angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
  2. 1 Samuel 24:16When David had finished saying these things, Saul called back, “Is that your voice, David my son?” Then Saul wept aloud
  3. 2 Samuel 4:9But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
  4. Psalms 18:1I love You, O LORD, my strength.
  5. Psalms 18:25To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
  6. Psalms 18:48who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
  7. Psalms 34:17The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
  8. Psalms 34:20He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.
  9. Psalms 54:7For He has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes have stared down my foes.
  10. Psalms 144:2He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
  11. Matthew 5:7Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
  12. Matthew 7:2For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
  13. Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
  14. 2 Corinthians 1:9Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
  15. 2 Thessalonians 3:2And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men; for not everyone holds to the faith.
  16. Revelation 7:14“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

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