25 Bible Verses about Escaping From People

Do not hand over an escaped slave to his master.

This is what he said: Who does this David think he is? That son of Jesse is just one more slave on the run from his master. There are too many of them now days.

It will happen that who ever calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved. There will be those on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem that will escape, even among the survivors whom Jehovah calls.

For, uttering arrogant words of vanity, they entice in the desires (lusts) of the flesh, by sensuality (lasciviousness), those who are just escaping from the ones who live in error.

He thought: If Esau comes and attacks the first group, the other may be able to escape.

Whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, Jehu will put to death. Whoever escapes the sword of Jehu, Elisha will put to death.

Ehud got away while they were waiting. He went past the carved stones and escaped to Seirah.

Jotham ran away to Beer and lived there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

Saul balanced the spear in his hand and said: I will give David a blow! I will pin him to the wall. David got away from him twice.

Saul tried to pin David to the wall with his spear. David dodged it, and Saul's spear struck the wall. David escaped from Saul that night.

David and his men, about six hundred in all, left Keilah. They went wherever they could go. Then Saul was told: David has escaped from Keilah! So he gave up the campaign.

Ahimelech, Ahitub's son had one son who escaped. His name was Abiathar. He fled to David.

Saul stopped pursuing David and went to fight the Philistines. That is why that place is called Separation Hill.

David thought to himself: One of these days Saul will kill me. The best thing for me to do is escape to Philistia. Saul will give up looking for me in Israel. Then I will be safe.

David told all his men who were with him in Jerusalem: We must run away quickly, or none of us will escape from Absalom. Leave right away or he will catch up to us and bring ruin upon us when he massacres the city.

Ishmael and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and fled to Ammon.

Escape Zion! You who dwell with the daughter of Babylon should escape.

The jailor, who was roused out of sleep and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

The man said: I have escaped from the battle and ran all the way here today. Eli asked him: What happened, my son?

David asked: Where did you come from? The man answered: I escaped from Israel's army.

Saul said to Michal: Why have you deceived me like this? You let my enemy go. He has escaped! Michal said to Saul: He said to me: 'Let me go! Why should I kill you?'

David escaped to Samuel at Ramah. He told him all that Saul had done to him. He and Samuel stayed in Naioth.

David attacked just before sunrise the next day. They fought until sunset. Four hundred Amalekites rode away on camels. They were the only ones to escape.

While he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, Adrammelech and Sharezer assassinated him. They escaped to the land of Ararat. His son Esarhaddon succeeded him as king.

Jehovah gave Israel a savior, so that they became free from the hands of the Aramaeans. The children of Israel were living in their tents as in the past.