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Bible Verses About Fleeing from Danger

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And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

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And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.

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Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.

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For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

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And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

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Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains:

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As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

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And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

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Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.

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And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

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The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

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Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.

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And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

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He that feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:

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The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

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The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

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So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

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But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

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Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.

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So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.

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Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

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(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.

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And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,

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And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.

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And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

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He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.

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And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

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Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

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And the Lord sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.

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And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.

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And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

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And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.

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Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

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But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

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Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

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And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

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The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.

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So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

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Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

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Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.

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