sought

1 Samuel 19:6
Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: "As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death."

Hosea 6:4
What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

Matthew 12:43-45
When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. . . .

Luke 11:24-26
When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, 'I will return to the house I left.' . . .

2 Peter 2:20-22
If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through their knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first. . . .

he slipped

1 Samuel 20:33
Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him; so Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.

Job 5:14, 15
They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night. . . .

Psalm 18:17
He rescued me from my powerful enemy and from foes too mighty for me.

Psalm 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.

Proverbs 21:30
No wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel can prevail against the LORD.

Isaiah 54:17
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the LORD's servants, and their vindication is from Me, " declares the LORD.

Luke 4:30
But Jesus passed through the crowd and went on His way.

John 10:39
At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.

and escaped

Psalm 124:7
We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.