Verse 9

And Dauid sayde to Saul: Wherfore geuest thou an eare to mens wordes that say, beholde Dauid seketh euyll against thee?

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 19:16 : 16 Thou shalt not go vp and downe with tales among thy people, neither shalt thou stande agaynst the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lorde.
  • 1 Sam 26:19 : 19 Nowe therefore I praye thee, let my lorde the king heare the wordes of his seruaunt: If the Lorde haue stirred thee vp against me, let him smell the sauour of a sacrifice: But and if they be the children of men, cursed are they before the Lorde, for they haue cast me out this day from abidyng in the inheritaunce of the Lorde, saying: Go, serue other goddes.
  • Ps 101:5 : 5 I will destroy him who priuily slaundereth his neighbour: I wyll not suffer hym who hath a proude loke and a great stomacke.
  • Ps 141:6 : 6 Let their iudges be thrust downe headlong from a rocke: then they wyll heare my wordes, for they be sweete.
  • Prov 16:28 : 28 A frowarde body causeth strife: and he that is a blabbe of his tongue maketh deuision among princes.
  • Prov 17:4 : 4 A wicked body geueth heede to false lippes, and a lyer geueth eare to a deceiptfull tongue.
  • Prov 18:8 : 8 The wordes of a slaunderer are very woundes, and go through vnto the innermost partes of the body.
  • Prov 25:23 : 23 The northwinde dryueth away the rayne: euen so doth an angry countenaunce a backbiters tongue.
  • Prov 26:20-22 : 20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: euen so where the talebearer is taken away, there the strife ceasseth. 21 As coles kindle heate, and wood the fire: euen so doth a brawling felowe stirre vp variaunce. 22 A talebearers wordes are lyke men that strike with hammers, and they pearse the inwarde partes of the body.
  • Prov 26:28 : 28 A lying tongue hateth the afflicted: and a flattering mouth worketh mischiefe.
  • Prov 29:12 : 12 If a prince delight in lyes, all his seruauntes are vngodly.
  • Eccl 7:21-22 : 21 Take no heede vnto euery word that is spoken, lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse thee: 22 for thyne owne heart knoweth that thou thy self also hast ofttimes spoken euyll by other men.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is fyre, euen a worlde of wickednesse. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fyre the course of nature, & it is set on fyre of hell.