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Isaiah 40:27-31
Jacob, why do you say, and Israel, why do you assert,“ My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the whole earth. He never becomes faint or weary; there is no limit to his understanding.He gives strength to the faint and strengthens the powerless.Youths may become faint and weary, and young men stumble and fall,but those who trust in the LORD will renew their strength; they will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not become weary, they will walk and not faint.
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Lamentations 3:26-27
It is good to wait quietly for salvation from the LORD.It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.
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Mark 4:40
Then he said to them,“ Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?”
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Exodus 14:12
Isn’t this what we told you in Egypt: Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
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1 Samuel 23 17
saying,“ Don’t be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. You yourself will be king over Israel, and I’ll be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows it is true.”
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Proverbs 13:12
Hope delayed makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
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Isaiah 51:12
I— I am the one who comforts you. Who are you that you should fear humans who die, or a son of man who is given up like grass?
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1 Samuel 28 1-1 Samuel 28 2
At that time, the Philistines gathered their military units into one army to fight against Israel. So Achish said to David,“ You know, of course, that you and your men must march out in the army with me.”David replied to Achish,“ Good, you will find out what your servant can do.” So Achish said to David,“ Very well, I will appoint you as my permanent bodyguard.”
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Psalms 116:11
In my alarm I said,“ Everyone is a liar.”
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Isaiah 30:15-16
For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said:“ You will be delivered by returning and resting; your strength will lie in quiet confidence. But you are not willing.”You say,“ No! We will escape on horses”— therefore you will escape!— and,“ We will ride on fast horses”— but those who pursue you will be faster.
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1 Samuel 21 10-1 Samuel 21 15
David fled that day from Saul’s presence and went to King Achish of Gath.But Achish’s servants said to him,“ Isn’t this David, the king of the land? Don’t they sing about him during their dances: Saul has killed his thousands, but David his tens of thousands?”David took this to heart and became very afraid of King Achish of Gath,so he pretended to be insane in their presence. He acted like a madman around them, scribbling on the doors of the city gate and letting saliva run down his beard.“ Look! You can see the man is crazy,” Achish said to his servants.“ Why did you bring him to me?Do I have such a shortage of crazy people that you brought this one to act crazy around me? Is this one going to come into my house?”
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1 Samuel 16 13
So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully on David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.
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Numbers 14:3
Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to die by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
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1 Samuel 22 5
Then the prophet Gad said to David,“ Don’t stay in the stronghold. Leave and return to the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.
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1 Samuel 27 10-1 Samuel 27 11
who inquired,“ Where did you raid today?” David replied,“ The south country of Judah,”“ The south country of the Jerahmeelites,” or“ The south country of the Kenites.”David did not let a man or woman live to be brought to Gath, for he said,“ Or they will inform on us and say,‘ This is what David did.’” This was David’s custom during the whole time he stayed in the Philistine territory.
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Matthew 14:31
Immediately Jesus reached out his hand, caught hold of him, and said to him,“ You of little faith, why did you doubt?”
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Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding;in all your ways know him, and he will make your paths straight.
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1 Samuel 29 2-1 Samuel 30 3
As the Philistine leaders were passing in review with their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men were passing in review behind them with Achish.Then the Philistine commanders asked,“ What are these Hebrews doing here?” Achish answered the Philistine commanders,“ That is David, servant of King Saul of Israel. He has been with me a considerable period of time. From the day he defected until today, I’ve found no fault with him.”The Philistine commanders, however, were enraged with Achish and told him,“ Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the battle. What better way could he ingratiate himself with his master than with the heads of our men?Isn’t this the David they sing about during their dances: Saul has killed his thousands, but David his tens of thousands?”So Achish summoned David and told him,“ As the LORD lives, you are an honorable man. I think it is good to have you fighting in this unit with me, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until today. But the leaders don’t think you are reliable.Now go back quietly and you won’t be doing anything the Philistine leaders think is wrong.”“ But what have I done?” David replied to Achish.“ From the first day I entered your service until today, what have you found against your servant to keep me from going to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”Achish answered David,“ I’m convinced that you are as reliable as an angel of God. But the Philistine commanders have said,‘ He must not go into battle with us.’So get up early in the morning, you and your masters’ servants who came with you. When you’ve all gotten up early, go as soon as it’s light.”So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.David and his men arrived in Ziklag on the third day. The Amalekites had raided the Negev and attacked and burned Ziklag.They also had kidnapped the women and everyone in it from youngest to oldest. They had killed no one but had carried them off as they went on their way.When David and his men arrived at the town, they found it burned. Their wives, sons, and daughters had been kidnapped.
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1 Samuel 16 1
The LORD said to Samuel,“ How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem because I have selected for myself a king from his sons.”
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1 Samuel 25 30
When the LORD does for my lord all the good he promised you and appoints you ruler over Israel,
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2 Corinthians 7 5
In fact, when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest. Instead, we were troubled in every way: conflicts on the outside, fears within.