²¹ And when his words came to the ears of Jehoiakim the king and all his men of war and his captains, the king would have put him to death; but Uriah, hearing of it, was full of fear and went in flight into Egypt:

²³ But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in flight to another: for truly, I say to you, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.

⁵ And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.

²⁶ And the king gave orders to Jerahmeel, the king's son, and Seraiah, the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah, the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the Lord kept them safe.

¹⁰ Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in prison, burning with wrath against him because of this thing. And at the same time Asa was cruel to some of the people.

¹⁹ And Herodias was bitter against him, desiring to put him to death; but she was not able;

²⁵ Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him.

²⁶ For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

³⁹ He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.

²⁸ And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.

²⁵ The fear of man is a cause of danger: but whoever puts his faith in the Lord will have a safe place on high.

¹⁰⁹ My soul is ever in danger; but I still keep the memory of your law.

¹ Ahab gave Jezebel news of all Elijah had done, and how he had put all the prophets to death with the sword.

² Then Jezebel sent a servant to Elijah, saying, May the gods' punishment be on me if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.

³ And he got up, fearing for his life, and went in flight, and came to Beer-sheba in Judah, parting there from his servant;