1 Samuel 22:23 “Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks your life is seeking…”

1 Samuel 22:23

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

Other translations

King James Version

Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.

World English Bible

Stay with me. Don’t be afraid, for he who seeks my life seeks your life. You will be safe with me.”

American Standard Version

Abide thou with me, fear not; for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: for with me thou shalt be in safeguard.

Geneva Bible 1599

Abide thou with me, and feare not: for he that seeketh my life, shall seeke thy life also: for with me thou shalt be in safegard.

Darby Translation

Abide with me, fear not; for he that seeks my life seeks thy life; for with me thou art in safe keeping.

Young's Literal Translation

dwell with me; fear not; for he who seeketh my life seeketh thy life; for a charge [art] thou with me.'

Bible in Basic English

Keep here with me and have no fear; for he who has designs on my life has designs on yours: but with me you will be safe.

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Cross references

“he that seeketh”

1 Kings 2:26 Hebrews 12:1–3 John 15:20 Matthew 24:9 John 16:2 John 16:3

1 Kings 2:26 · BSB

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,…

Hebrews 12:1–3 · BSB

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.

John 15:20 · BSB

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.

Matthew 24:9 · BSB

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

John 16:2 · BSB

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.

John 16:3 · BSB

They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.

“but with me”

John 10:28–30 John 18:9 John 17:12

John 10:28–30 · BSB

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

John 18:9 · BSB

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

John 17:12 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22Then 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.

Read 1 Samuel 22