18 Bible Verses about Attempting To Kill Me

O God, arrogant men have risen up against me, even a gang of ruthless men seek my life, but they do not set you before them.

But as for them [who] seek my life for ruin, they will go into the depths of the earth.

Let them be ashamed and abashed who seek my life. Let them be repulsed and humiliated [who] desire my harm.

For me [the] wicked [lie in] wait to destroy me. I give attention to your testimonies.

Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah and came and said before Jonathan, "What have I done? What [is] my guilt and what [is] my sin before your father that [he is] {trying to kill me}?

"Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have torn down your altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life!"

For I hear [the] rumor of many, "Terror on every side!" When conspiring together against me, they have plotted to take my life.

But you, Yahweh, you know {all their plans of assassination against me}. You must not make atonement for their iniquity, and you must not cause their sin to be blotted out from {before you}. But let them be overthrown {before you}. Deal with them in the time of your anger.

For foreigners have risen against me, and ruthless [men] seek my life. They have not set God before them. Selah

Those who seek my life lay snares as well, and those intent on my harm speak threats. They also plot deceit all day.

Then they said to the king, "The man who consumed us and who plotted against us [so that] we were destroyed from existing in all of the territory of Israel,

David said to Abishai and to all his servants, "Look, my son who came out of my loins [is] seeking my life. Now {as far as} [this] Benjaminite, leave him alone and let him curse, for Yahweh has spoken to him.

Let those who seek my life be shamed and humiliated. Let those who plot calamity against me be repulsed and ashamed.

Let them be shamed and abashed altogether who seek to take away my life. Let them be repulsed and humiliated [who] desire my harm.

And he said, "Who {appointed you as a commander} and a judge over us? [Are] you intending to kill me like you killed the Egyptian?" And Moses was afraid, and he said, "Surely the matter has become known."

You do not want to do away with me {the same way} you did away with the Egyptian yesterday, [do you]?'

Stay with me! Do not fear, because he who seeks my life seeks your life. You are in good care with me."

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? [Will] affliction or distress or persecution or hunger or lack of sufficient clothing or danger or the sword?