1Sa 20:3, 25:29, 2Sa 17:1-3, Psa 18:17-18, 56:1-3, Mic 7:8, Mat 4:1-11 | ESV | STEP | But David vowed again , saying , Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes , and he thinks , Do not let Jonathan know this , lest he be grieved . But truly , as the Lord lives and as your soul lives , there is but a step between me and death .

afCited from Deut. 6:16

ag[Isa. 7:12]

ah Luke 4:5

aiSee 1 Chr. 21:1

aj ver. 4, 7

akCited from Deut. 6:13

al 1 Sam. 7:3

am ch. 26:53; Luke 22:43

1 Samuel 20:3

3 But David vowed again, saying, “Your father knows well that ^aI have found favor in your eyes, and he thinks, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, ^bas the Lord lives and ^cas your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”

1 Samuel 25:29

29 If men rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living in the care of the Lord your God. And the lives of your enemies ^dhe shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling.

2 Samuel 17:1-3

Hushai Saves David

1 Moreover, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight. 2 I will come upon him while he is ^eweary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. ^fI will strike down only the king, 3 and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride comes home to her husband. You seek the life of only one man, ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew back to you. Like the return of the whole is the man whom you seek} and all the people will be at peace.”

Psalms 18:17-18

17 He rescued me from my strong enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were ^htoo mighty for me.
18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
but the Lord was my support.

Psalms 56:1-3

In God I Trust

To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A ⁱMiktam ^{▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term} of David, when the ^kPhilistines seized him in Gath.

1 ^lBe gracious to me, O God, for man ^mtramples on me;
all day long an attacker oppresses me;
2 my enemies trample on me all day long,
for many attack me proudly.
3 When I am afraid,
I ⁿput my trust in you.

Micah 7:8

8 ^oRejoice not over me, O ^pmy enemy;
^qwhen I fall, I shall rise;
^rwhen I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be a light to me.

Matthew 4:1-11

The Temptation of Jesus

1 ^sThen Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness ^tto be tempted by the devil. 2 And after fasting ^uforty days and forty nights, he ^vwas hungry. 3 And ^wthe tempter came and said to him, “If you are ^xthe Son of God, command ^ythese stones to become loaves of bread.” 4 But he answered, ^z“It is written,

^aa“‘Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
5 ^abThen the devil took him to ^acthe holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple 6 and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,

^ad“‘He will command his angels concerning you,’
and

“‘On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”
7 Jesus said to him, “Again ^aeit is written, ^af‘You shall not ^agput the Lord your God to the test.’” 8 ^ahAgain, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” 10 Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, ^aiSatan! For ^ajit is written,

^ak“‘You shall worship the Lord your God
and ^alhim only shall you serve.’”
11 Then the devil left him, and behold, ^amangels came and were ministering to him.