Gen 15:1, 2Sa 24:14, Jer 38:1, 9 | ESV | STEP | After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision : Fear not , Abram , I am your shield ; your reward shall be very great .

Genesis 15:1

God’s Covenant with Abram

1 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: ^a“Fear not, Abram, I am ^byour shield; your reward shall be very great.”

2 Samuel 24:14

14 Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hand of the Lord, ^cfor his mercy is great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.”

Jeremiah 38:1

Jeremiah Cast into the Cistern

1 Now Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, ^dJucal the son of Shelemiah, and ^ePashhur the son of Malchiah heard the words that Jeremiah was saying to all the people:

Jeremiah 38:9

9 “My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they did to Jeremiah the prophet by casting him into the cistern, and he will die there of ^fhunger, ^gfor there is no bread left in the city.”