12 Bible Verses about Others Who Fled

Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew. He was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner. They were Abram's allies.

There is a small village nearby. Please let me go there instead. Do you see how small it is? Then my life will be saved.

Jacob also tricked Laban the Aramean by not telling him he was leaving.

Three days after he left, Laban was told that Jacob had fled.

Why did you deceive me and slip away without telling me? If you had told me, I would have sent you on your way with rejoicing and singing to the music of tambourines and harps.

Jehovah said: Throw it on the ground. When Moses threw it on the ground, it became a snake, and he ran away from it.

The king said to the guards who were attending him: Turn around and kill the priests of Jehovah! They are also with David. They knew that he was fleeing and did not reveal it to me. But the servants of the king were not willing to lift a hand to attack the priests of Jehovah.

Three years later, however, two of Shimei's slaves ran away to the king of Gath, Achish son of Maacah. When Shimei heard that they were in Gath,

The herdsmen saw what happened and rushed to the city to tell others.

The man who had the evil spirit jumped on them, and overpowered them. He gave them such a beating that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

They tried again to capture him but he escaped from them.

God did this to offer encouragement so we may rely on the hope offered to us. We have taken refuge in that hope and it is impossible for God to lie. These two things can never be changed.