1 Samuel 27:1
Then David {thought to himself}, "Now I will perish one day by the hand of Saul! There is nothing better for me but [that] I must certainly escape to the land of [the] Philistines. Then Saul will desist from searching for me further in all of the territories of Israel, and so I will escape from his hand."
Exodus 14:12
Isn't this the word we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, 'Leave us alone [so that] we can serve Egypt!' because serving Egypt is better for us than our dying in the desert."
Numbers 14:3
Why did Yahweh bring us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little children will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return [to] Egypt?"
1 Samuel 16:1
Then Yahweh said to Samuel, "{How long} will you mourn about Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel! Fill up your horn [with] oil and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have chosen a king for myself among his sons."
1 Samuel 16:13
So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. Then the Spirit of Yahweh rushed upon David from that day {on}. Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah.
1 Samuel 21:10-15
So David got up and fled on that day from the presence of Saul, and he came to Achish the king of Gath.
1 Samuel 22:5
Then Gad the prophet said to David, "You should not stay in the stronghold; leave and go into the land of Judah." So David left and came [to] the forest of Hereth.
1 Samuel 23:17
He said to him, "Do not be afraid, for the hand of my father Saul will not find you. You will be king over Israel, and {I will be second to you}. My father Saul knows [this] also."
1 Samuel 25:30
{And then} when Yahweh has done for my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you as leader over Israel,
1 Samuel 27:10-11
And Achish said, "Against whom have you raided today?" David said, "Against the Negev of Judah and against the Negev of the Jerahmeelites and against the Negev of the Kenites."
1 Samuel 28:1-2
{Now} in those days [the] Philistines gathered their forces for war to fight against Israel. So Achish said to David, "Certainly you realize that you must go out with me in the army, you and your men."
1 Samuel 29:2-3
The rulers of [the] Philistines [were] passing on according to hundreds and thousands, David and his men passing on at the rear with Achish.
Psalm 116:11
I said in my haste, "{Everyone} [is] a liar."
Proverbs 3:5-6
{Trust Yahweh} with all your heart; do not lean toward your own understanding.
Proverbs 13:12
Hope that is deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled [is] a tree of life.
Isaiah 30:15-16
For the Lord Yahweh, the holy one of Israel, said this: "In returning and rest you shall be saved; your strength shall be in quietness and in trust." But you were not willing,
Isaiah 40:27-31
{Why} do you say, Jacob, and you speak, Israel, "My way is hidden from Yahweh, and my judgment is passed over by my God?"
Isaiah 51:12
"I, I [am] he who comforts you; who [are] you that you are afraid of man? He dies! And of [the] son of humankind? He is {sacrificed} [as] grass!
Lamentations 3:26-27
[It is] good to wait in silence for the salvation of Yahweh.
Matthew 14:31
And immediately Jesus extended his hand [and] caught him and said to him, "[You] of little faith! Why did you doubt?"
Mark 4:40
And he said to them, "Why are you fearful? Do you not yet have faith?"
2 Corinthians 7:5
For even [when] we arrived in Macedonia, our body had no rest, but we were afflicted in every [way]--quarrels outside, fears within.