1 Samuel 27:1
Then thought David in his heart, "I may perish, one day or other, by the hands of Saul. There is no better for me, than to flee into the land of the Philistines; that Saul, of very despair to find me, may cease to seek me anymore in all the coasts of Israel: for so I may escape his hand."
Exodus 14:12
Did not we tell thee this in Egypt saying, 'Let us be in rest and serve the Egyptians?' For it had been better for us to have served the Egyptians, than for to die in the wilderness."
Numbers 14:3
Wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land to fall upon the sword, that both our wives, and also our children should be a prey? Is it not better that we return unto Egypt again?"
1 Samuel 16:1
And then the LORD said unto Samuel, "How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have cast him away from reigning over Israel? Fill a horn with ointment, and come: I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have spied me a king among his sons."
1 Samuel 16:13
And Samuel took the horn with the ointment and anointed him in the presence of his brethren. And the spirit of the LORD came upon David, from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
1 Samuel 21:10-15
And David arose and fled the same day from the presence of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
1 Samuel 22:5
And the prophet Gad said unto David, "Abide not in castles, but depart and go to the land of Judah." Then David departed and came into the forest of Hereth.
1 Samuel 23:17
and said unto him, "Fear not, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee, and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I must be next unto thee: And Saul my father thereto knoweth that it shall be so."
1 Samuel 25:30
And moreover when the LORD shall have done to my lord all the good that he hath promised thee, and shall have made thee ruler over Israel:
1 Samuel 27:10-11
And Achish said, "Have ye not been a roving this day?" And David answered, "Yes, in the south of Judah, and in the south of the Jezreelites, and in the south of the Kenites."
1 Samuel 28:1-2
And it chanced in those days, that the Philistines gathered their host together to war, intending to fight with Israel. And Achish said to David, "Be sure: thou shalt go out with me in the host, and thy men also."
1 Samuel 29:2-3
And the lords of the Philistines went forth by hundreds and by thousands. But David and his men came behind with Achish.
Psalm 116:11
I said in my haste, "All men are liars."
Proverbs 3:5-6
Put thy trust in the LORD with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred grieveth the heart; but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Isaiah 30:15-16
For the LORD God, even the holy one of Israel, hath promised this: "In repentance and in rest shall ye be safe; in quietness and hope shall your strength lie."
Isaiah 40:27-31
"How may then Jacob think, or how may Israel say, 'My ways are hid from the LORD, and my God knoweth not of my judgments.'
Isaiah 51:12
Yea I, I am even he, that in all things giveth you consolation. What art thou then, that fearest a mortal man; the child of man, which goeth away as doeth the flour,
Lamentations 3:26-27
O how good is it, with stillness, to wait and tarry for the health of the LORD?
Matthew 14:31
And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said to him, "O thou of little faith: wherefore didst thou doubt?"
Mark 4:40
and he said unto them, "Why are ye so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith?"
2 Corinthians 7:5
For when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side: Outward was fighting, inward was fear.