Quotes About Danger

Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be seen entering the city.

But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.

And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lordís servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”

And now you say, ëGo tell your lord that Elijah is here!í He will kill me!”

And they poured it out for the men to eat, but when they tasted the stew they cried out, “There is death in the pot, O man of God!” And they could not eat it.

Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his masterís footsteps behind him?”

Again the watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the charioteer is driving like Jehu son of Nimshi—he is driving like a madman!”

Joram turned around and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”

You must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who approaches the ranks must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.”

Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son. Ezer and Elead were killed by the natives of Gath, because they went down to steal their livestock.

In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.

Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me.

Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you!”

A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.

A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.

He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.

Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.

Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;

to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.

She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.

For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,

like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.

Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.