Gen 12:12-13, 20:11, 1Sa 27:1, 2Cor 1:8-9, Heb 11:32 | ESV | STEP | and when the Egyptians see you, they will say , This is his wife . Then they will kill me, but they will let you live .

Genesis 12:12-13

12 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they ^awill kill me, but they will let you live. 13 Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake.”

Genesis 20:11

11 Abraham said, “I did it because I thought, ^b‘There is no fear of God at all in this place, and ^cthey will kill me because of my wife.’

1 Samuel 27:1

David Flees to the Philistines

1 Then David said in his heart, “Now I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should 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.”

2 Corinthians 1:8-9

8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church} of ^ethe affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us ^frely not on ourselves ^gbut on God ^hwho raises the dead.

Hebrews 11:32

32 And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of ⁱGideon, ^jBarak, ^kSamson, ^lJephthah, of ^mDavid and ⁿSamuel and the prophets—