Psalms 11:1

David takes refuge in Yahweh and rejects counsel to flee like a bird. Faith stands firm in God rather than fleeing in fear.

Cross-references · 18

• Ps 56:11in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
• Isa 26:3–4You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
• 1 Sam 23:14And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.
• Ps 25:2in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
• Luke 13:31At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”
• Prov 6:5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
• 2 Chr 16:8Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.
• Ps 16:1A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
• Ps 7:1A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
• 2 Chr 14:11Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”
• Ps 9:10Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
• Ps 31:14But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
• 1 Sam 22:3From there David went to Mizpeh of Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay with you until I learn what God will do for me.”
• 1 Sam 27:1David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
• Ps 55:6–7I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
• 1 Sam 19:11Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
• 1 Sam 21:10–12That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.
• 1 Sam 20:38Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.

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