Bible Cross References
The bands
Psalm 119:95
The wicked are waiting to kill me, but I will meditate on your laws.
Psalm 3:1
I have so many enemies, LORD, so many who turn against me!
1 Samuel 30:3-5
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When David and his men arrived, they found that the town had been burned down and that their wives, sons, and daughters had been carried away.
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David and his men started crying and did not stop until they were completely exhausted.
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Even David's two wives, Ahinoam and Abigail, had been taken away.
Job 1:17
Before he had finished speaking, another servant came and said, "Three bands of Chaldean raiders attacked us, took away the camels, and killed all your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you."
Hosea 6:9
The priests are like a gang of robbers who wait in ambush for someone. Even on the road to the holy place at Shechem they commit murder. And they do all this evil deliberately!
but I
Psalm 119:176
I wander about like a lost sheep; so come and look for me, your servant, because I have not neglected your laws.
1 Samuel 24:9-11
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and said, "Why do you listen to people who say that I am trying to harm you?
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You can see for yourself that just now in the cave the LORD put you in my power. Some of my men told me to kill you, but I felt sorry for you and said that I would not harm you in the least, because you are the one whom the LORD chose to be king.
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Look, my father, look at the piece of your robe I am holding! I could have killed you, but instead I only cut this off. This should convince you that I have no thought of rebelling against you or of harming you. You are hunting me down to kill me, even though I have not done you any wrong.
1 Samuel 26:9-11
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But David said, "You must not harm him! The LORD will certainly punish whoever harms his chosen king.
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By the living LORD," David continued, "I know that the LORD himself will kill Saul, either when his time comes to die a natural death or when he dies in battle.
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The LORD forbid that I should try to harm the one whom the LORD has made king! Let's take his spear and his water jar, and go."
Proverbs 24:29
Don't say, "I'll do to them just what they did to me! I'll get even with them!"
Romans 12:17-21
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If someone has done you wrong, do not repay him with a wrong. Try to do what everyone considers to be good.
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Do everything possible on your part to live in peace with everybody.
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Never take revenge, my friends, but instead let God's anger do it. For the scripture says, "I will take revenge, I will pay back, says the Lord."
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Instead, as the scripture says: "If your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them a drink; for by doing this you will make them burn with shame."
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Do not let evil defeat you; instead, conquer evil with good.