1 Samuel 30:6

Surrounded by grief and the threat of stoning, David strengthens himself in the LORD his God. It is a model of finding refuge in God when everything seems lost.

Cross-references · 40

• Ps 56:3–4What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
• Ps 56:11In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
• Ps 62:5My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
• Ps 27:1–3The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
• Ps 18:6In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
• Ps 25:17The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
• Ps 40:1–2I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
• 2 Cor 1:8–10For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
• Rom 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
• Exod 17:4And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
• Heb 13:6So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
• Ps 42:11Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
• Ps 116:3–4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
• Ps 62:8–9Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
• Rom 4:18Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
• Ps 116:10I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
• Ps 27:14Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
• 2 Cor 4:8We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
• Ps 34:1–8I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
• Num 14:10But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
• Ps 118:8–13It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
• John 8:59Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
• 1 Sam 1:10And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
• Prov 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
• 2 Cor 7:5For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
• Job 13:15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
• Isa 37:14–20And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
• Isa 25:4For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
• Gen 32:7Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
• Matt 27:22Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
• Matt 21:9And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
• Rom 4:20He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
• 2 Cor 1:6And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
• Judg 18:25And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.
• Jer 16:19O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
• Ps 26:1–2Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
• Ps 42:7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
• Ps 62:1Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
• Hab 3:17–18Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
• 2 Sam 17:8For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

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