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 have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
• Isa 26:3–4Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
• 1 Sam 23:14And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
• Ps 25:2O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
• Luke 13:31The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.
• Prov 6:5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
• 2 Chr 16:8Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.
• Ps 16:1Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
• Ps 7:1O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
• 2 Chr 14:11And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
• Ps 9:10And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
• Ps 31:14But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
• 1 Sam 22:3And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.
• 1 Sam 27:1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
• Ps 55:6–7And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
• 1 Sam 19:11Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
• 1 Sam 21:10–12And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
• 1 Sam 20:38And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

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