Bible Cross References
a bird
Job 39:14-16
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The ostrich leaves her eggs on the ground for the heat in the soil to warm them.
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She is unaware that a foot may crush them or a wild animal break them.
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She acts as if the eggs were not hers, and is unconcerned that her efforts were wasted.
Isaiah 16:2
They wait on the banks of the Arnon River and move aimlessly back and forth, like birds driven from their nest.
man
Proverbs 21:16
Death is waiting for anyone who wanders away from good sense.
Genesis 4:16
And Cain went away from the LORD's presence and lived in a land called "Wandering," which is east of Eden.
Genesis 16:6-8
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Abram answered, "Very well, she is your slave and under your control; do whatever you want with her." Then Sarai treated Hagar so cruelly that she ran away.
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The angel of the LORD met Hagar at a spring in the desert on the road to Shur
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and said, "Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?" She answered, "I am running away from my mistress."
1 Samuel 22:5
Then the prophet Gad came to David and said, "Don't stay here; go at once to the land of Judah." So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.
1 Samuel 27:1-12
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David said to himself, "One of these days Saul will kill me. The best thing for me to do is to escape to Philistia. Then Saul will give up looking for me in Israel, and I will be safe."
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So David and his six hundred men went over at once to Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath.
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David and his men settled there in Gath with their families. David had his two wives with him, Ahinoam from Jezreel, and Abigail, Nabal's widow, from Carmel.
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When Saul heard that David had fled to Gath, he gave up trying to find him.
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David said to Achish, "If you are my friend, let me have a small town to live in. There is no need, sir, for me to live with you in the capital city."
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So Achish gave him the town of Ziklag, and for this reason Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since.
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David lived in Philistia for sixteen months.
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During that time David and his men would attack the people of Geshur, Girzi, and Amalek, who had been living in the region a very long time. He would raid their land as far as Shur, all the way down to Egypt,
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killing all the men and women and taking the sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and even the clothes. Then he would come back to Achish,
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who would ask him, "Where did you go on a raid this time?" and David would tell him that he had gone to the southern part of Judah or to the territory of the clan of Jerahmeel or to the territory where the Kenites lived.
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David would kill everyone, men and women, so that no one could go back to Gath and report what he and his men had really done. This is what David did the whole time he lived in Philistia.
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But Achish trusted David and said to himself, "He is hated so much by his own people the Israelites that he will have to serve me all his life."
1 Kings 19:9
There he went into a cave to spend the night. Suddenly the LORD spoke to him, "Elijah, what are you doing here?"
Nehemiah 6:11-13
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I answered, "I'm not the kind of person that runs and hides. Do you think I would try to save my life by hiding in the Temple? I won't do it."
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When I thought it over, I realized that God had not spoken to Shemaiah, but that Tobiah and Sanballat had bribed him to give me this warning.
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They hired him to frighten me into sinning, so that they could ruin my reputation and humiliate me.
Jonah 1:3
Jonah, however, set out in the opposite direction in order to get away from the LORD. He went to Joppa, where he found a ship about to go to Spain. He paid his fare and went aboard with the crew to sail to Spain, where he would be away from the LORD.
Jonah 1:10-17
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Jonah went on to tell them that he was running away from the LORD. The sailors were terrified, and said to him, "That was an awful thing to do!"
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The storm was getting worse all the time, so the sailors asked him, "What should we do to you to stop the storm?"
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Jonah answered, "Throw me into the sea, and it will calm down. I know it is my fault that you are caught in this violent storm."
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Instead, the sailors tried to get the ship to shore, rowing with all their might. But the storm was becoming worse and worse, and they got nowhere.
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So they cried out to the LORD, "O LORD, we pray, don't punish us with death for taking this man's life! You, O LORD, are responsible for all this; it is your doing."
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Then they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and it calmed down at once.
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This made the sailors so afraid of the LORD that they offered a sacrifice and promised to serve him.
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At the LORD's command a large fish swallowed Jonah, and he was inside the fish for three days and three nights.
1 Corinthians 7:20
Each of you should remain as you were when you accepted God's call.
Jude 1:13
They are like wild waves of the sea, with their shameful deeds showing up like foam. They are like wandering stars, for whom God has reserved a place forever in the deepest darkness.