18 Bible Verses about Attempting To Kill Me

O God, arrogant men attack me; a gang of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life.

Enemies seek to destroy my life, but they will descend into the depths of the earth.

May those who are trying to take my life be embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

The wicked prepare to kill me, yet I concentrate on your rules.

David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, "What have I done? What is my offense? How have I sinned before your father? For he is seeking my life!"

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

For I hear what so many are saying, the terrifying news that comes from every direction. When they plot together against me, they figure out how they can take my life.

But you, Lord, know all their plots to kill me. Do not pardon their crimes! Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them! Let them be brought down in defeat before you! Deal with them while you are still angry!

For foreigners attack me; ruthless men, who do not respect God, seek my life. (Selah)

Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.

They replied to the king, "As for this man who exterminated us and who schemed against us so that we were destroyed and left without status throughout all the borders of Israel --

Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, "My own son, my very own flesh and blood, is trying to take my life. So also now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone so that he can curse, for the Lord has spoken to him.

May those who seek my life be embarrassed and humiliated! May those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

May those who are trying to snatch away my life be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

The man replied, "Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? Are you planning to kill me like you killed that Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid, thinking, "Surely what I did has become known."

You don't want to kill me the way you killed the Egyptian yesterday, do you?'

Stay with me. Don't be afraid! Whoever seeks my life is seeking your life as well. You are secure with me."

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?