Psalm 142:4
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4 Look on my right hand and see:
there is no one who takes notice of me;
no refuge remains to me;
no one cares for me.(A)
Psalm 88:18
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18 You have caused friend and neighbor to shun me;
my companions are in darkness.(A)
Psalm 31:11
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11 I am the scorn of all my adversaries,
a horror[a] to my neighbors,
an object of dread to my acquaintances;
those who see me in the street flee from me.(A)
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- 31.11 Cn: Heb exceedingly
Matthew 26:56
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56 But all this has taken place, so that the scriptures of the prophets may be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.(A)
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Jeremiah 30:17
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17 For I will restore health to you,
and your wounds I will heal,
says the Lord,
because they have called you an outcast:
“It is Zion; no one cares for her!”(A)
Psalm 88:8
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8 You have caused my companions to shun me;
you have made me a thing of horror to them.
I am shut in so that I cannot escape;(A)
Psalm 69:20
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20 Insults have broken my heart,
so that I am in despair.
I looked for pity, but there was none;
and for comforters, but I found none.(A)
Job 19:13-19
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13 “He has put my family far from me,
and my acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
14 My relatives and my close friends have failed me;
15 the guests in my house have forgotten me;
my female servants count me as a stranger;
I have become an alien in their eyes.(A)
16 I call to my servant, but he gives me no answer;
I must myself plead with him.
17 My breath is repulsive to my wife;
I am loathsome to my own family.
18 Even young children despise me;
when I rise, they talk against me.(B)
19 All my intimate friends abhor me,
and those whom I love have turned against me.(C)
2 Timothy 4:16
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16 At my first defense no one came to my support, but all deserted me. May it not be counted against them!
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Jeremiah 25:35
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35 Flight shall fail the shepherds,
and there shall be no escape for the lords of the flock.
Job 11:20
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20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail;
all way of escape will be lost to them,
and their hope is to breathe their last.”(A)
1 Samuel 27:1
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David Serves King Achish of Gath
27 David said in his heart, “I shall certainly perish one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines; then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.”
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1 Samuel 23:19-20
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19 Then some Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “David is hiding among us in the strongholds of Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of Jeshimon.(A) 20 Now, O king, whenever you wish to come down, do so, and our part will be to surrender him into the king’s hand.”(B)
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1 Samuel 23:11-13
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11 And now, will[a] Saul come down as your servant has heard? O Lord, the God of Israel, I beseech you, tell your servant.” The Lord said, “He will come down.” 12 Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” The Lord said, “They will surrender you.”(A) 13 Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, set out and left Keilah; they wandered wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up the expedition.(B)
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- 23.11 Q ms Compare Gk: MT Will the men of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will
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