Quotes About Fleeing

A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.

Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.

“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.

For they flee from the sword—the sword that is drawn—from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.

Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.

I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.

“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ramís horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.

I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.

But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and went to the Ammonites.

Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees.

Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ëWhat has happened?í

“Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

And I will scatter to every wind all the attendants around him and all his troops, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.

For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.

Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep.

Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.

Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.

Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.

When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will flee from him because they do not recognize his voice.”

At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.