Danger

Physical danger

In nature

Luke 8:23 LEB

and as they were sailing, he fell asleep. And a storm of wind came down on the lake, and they were being swamped and were in danger.

See also 1 Ki 19:11–12; Ps 83:14–15; Ps 107:23–28; Ac 16:26–30; 2 Co 11:26; Re 11:13

From human violence

Psalm 140:1 LEB

Rescue me, O Yahweh, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men,

See also Ge 27:41–43; Ex 2:15; 1 Sa 19:1–2; 2 Sa 22:3; 1 Ki 19:1–3; Ne 4:7–9; Ps 7:9; Ps 64:1; Ps 74:20; Ec 12:5; Lk 4:28–29; Ac 21:35

Through foolishness

Proverbs 22:3 LEB

The clever sees danger and hides, but the simple go on and suffer.

See also Pr 27:12; Ec 2:13–14

Spiritual danger

From the devil

1 Peter 5:8 LEB

Be sober; be on the alert. Your adversary the devil walks around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

See also Ge 3:1–5; Job 1:6–12; Job 2:1–6; Mt 4:1–11; Jn 13:2; Heb 2:14; 1 Jn 3:8; Re 2:10; Re 20:10

Danger of hell through disobedience

Matthew 5:22 LEB

But I say to you that everyone who is angry at his brother will be subject to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, ‘Stupid fool!’ will be subject to the council, and whoever says, ‘Obstinate fool!’ will be subject to fiery hell.

See also Lk 12:4–5; 1 Co 5:4–5; Heb 6:4–6; 2 Pe 2:4–10

Danger of loss through unfaithfulness

1 Corinthians 3:13–15 LEB

the work of each one will become evident. For the day will reveal it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the work of each one, of what sort it is. If anyone’s work that he has built upon it remains, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but so as through fire.

See also Ro 6:21; Ro 6:21; 1 Co 9:26–27; 1 Ti 6:9–10

Danger does not overcome the faithful

Romans 8:35 LEB

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will affliction or distress or persecution or hunger or lack of sufficient clothing or danger or the sword?

See also 2 Ti 3:10–11

Examples of those endangered

Israel by her enemies

Ex 13:17–22; Es 3:1–6

Joseph, through betrayal

Genesis 37:18–28 LEB

And they saw him from a distance. And before he drew near to them, they conspired against him to kill him. And each said to his brothers, “Look, this master of dreams is coming. Now then, come, let us kill him and throw him in one of the pits. Then we will say a wild animal devoured him. Then we will see what his dreams become.” And Reuben heard it and delivered him from their hand and said, “We must not take his life.” And Reuben said to them, “You must not shed blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the desert, but do not lay a hand on him”—so that he might rescue him from their hand to return him to his father. And it happened that as Joseph came to his brothers they stripped Joseph of his robe, the robe with long sleeves, that was upon him. And they took him and threw him into the pit (the pit was empty; there was no water in it). Then they sat down to eat some food. And they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead. And their camels were carrying aromatic gum and balm and spices on the way to Egypt. Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, but our hand shall not be against him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers agreed. Then Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and brought him up from the pit, and they sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph to Egypt.

Prophets, because of persecution

Jeremiah 38:1–11 LEB

Now Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchiah heard the words that Jeremiah was saying to all the people, saying, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘The one who stays in this city will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the plague. But the one who goes out to the Chaldeans will live. And his life will be for him as booty, and he will live.’ Thus says Yahweh, ‘Surely this city will be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.’ ” Then the officials said to the king, “Please, this man must be killed, because he is making slack the hands of the soldiers who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking to them words like these, for this man is not seeking for welfare to this people, but only for harm.” And Zedekiah the king said, “Look, he is in your hand, for the king is not able to do a thing against you.” So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the pit of Malchiah, the son of the king, which was in the courtyard of the guard. And they let Jeremiah down by ropes. Now in the pit there was no water, but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud. When Ebed-melech the Cushite, a eunuch who was in the house of the king, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the pit—now the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin— Ebed-melech went out from the house of the king and spoke to the king, saying, “My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, in that they have thrown him into the pit, and he will die there because of starvation, for there is no longer any bread in the city.” Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, saying, “Take with you these thirty men and pull Jeremiah the prophet up from the pit before he dies.” So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the palace of the king, to a place beneath the storehouse, and he took from there rags and worn-out clothes. And he let them down into the pit by ropes to Jeremiah.

Jonah, through disobedience

Jonah 1:4–17 LEB

And Yahweh hurled a great wind upon the sea, and it was a great storm on the sea, and the merchant ship was in danger of breaking up. And the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they threw the contents that were in the merchant ship into the sea to lighten it for them. And meanwhile Jonah went down into the hold of the vessel and lay down and fell asleep. And the captain of the ship approached him and said to him, “Why are you sound asleep? Get up! Call on your god! Perhaps your god will take notice of us and we won’t perish!” And they said to one another, “Come, let us cast lots so that we may know on whose account this disaster has come on us!” And they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah. So they said to him, “Please tell us whoever is responsible that this disaster has come upon us! What is your occupation? And from where do you come? What is your country? And from which people are you?” And he said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear Yahweh, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.” Then the men were greatly afraid, and they said to him, “What is this you have done?” because they knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Yahweh (because he had told them). So they said to him, “What shall we do to you so that the sea may quiet down for us?” because the sea was growing more and more tempestuous. And he said to them, “Pick me up and hurl me into the sea so that the sea may quiet down for you, because I know that on account of me this great storm has come upon you all.” But the men rowed hard to bring the ship back to the dry land, and they could not do so because the sea was growing more and more tempestuous against them. So they cried out to Yahweh, and they said, “O Yahweh! Please do not let us perish because of this man’s life, and do not make us guilty of innocent blood, because you, O Yahweh, did what you wanted.” And they picked Jonah up and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging. So the men feared Yahweh greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh and made vows. And Yahweh provided a large fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Jesus Christ, through betrayal

Mt 26:3–4; Mt 26:14–16

Paul, through shipwreck

Ac 27:13–20; Ac 27:42–44