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Bible Verses About Fleeing

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

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And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

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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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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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And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.

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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 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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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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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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And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.

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They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

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And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.

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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 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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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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And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.

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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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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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And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.

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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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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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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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Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.

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

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And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.

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Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.

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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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Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.

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At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

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And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.

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So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.

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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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But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.

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They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.

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So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.

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And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.

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And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.

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