1 Samuel 24:18

American Standard Version (1901)

And thou hast declared this day how that thou hast dealt well with me, forasmuch as when Jehovah had delivered me up into thy hand, thou killedst me not.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 26:23 : 23 And Jehovah will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; forasmuch as Jehovah delivered thee into my hand to-day, and I would not put forth my hand against Jehovah's anointed.
  • Ps 31:8 : 8 And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a large place.
  • 1 Sam 23:7 : 7 And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
  • 1 Sam 23:12 : 12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver up to me and my men into the hand of Saul? And Jehovah said, They will deliver thee up.
  • 1 Sam 24:10 : 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that Jehovah had delivered thee to-day into my hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee; but [mine eye] spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is Jehovah's anointed.
  • 1 Sam 26:8 : 8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered up thine enemy into thy hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 24:19-21
    3 verses
    86%

    19For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore Jehovah reward thee good for that which thou hast done unto me this day.

    20And now, behold, I know that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thy hand.

    21Swear now therefore unto me by Jehovah, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house.

  • 1 Sam 24:17
    84%

    17And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast rendered unto me good, whereas I have rendered unto thee evil.

  • 1 Sam 24:9-12
    4 verses
    81%

    9And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearkenest thou to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

    10Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that Jehovah had delivered thee to-day into my hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee; but [mine eye] spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is Jehovah's anointed.

    11Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against thee, though thou huntest after my life to take it.

    12Jehovah judge between me and thee, and Jehovah avenge me of thee; but my hand shall not be upon thee.

  • 1 Sam 26:23-24
    2 verses
    78%

    23And Jehovah will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; forasmuch as Jehovah delivered thee into my hand to-day, and I would not put forth my hand against Jehovah's anointed.

    24And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of Jehovah, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.

  • 1 Sam 20:8
    78%

    8Therefore deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of Jehovah with thee: but if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

  • 1 Sam 25:30-34
    5 verses
    77%

    30And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee prince over Israel,

    31that this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord hath avenged himself. And when Jehovah shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid.

    32And David said to Abigail, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me:

    33and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, that hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

    34For in very deed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, who hath withholden me from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light so much as one man-child.

  • 1 Sam 20:13-15
    3 verses
    76%

    13Jehovah do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do thee evil, if I disclose it not unto thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and Jehovah be with thee, as he hath been with my father.

    14And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the lovingkindness of Jehovah, that I die not;

    15but also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever; no, not when Jehovah hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.

  • 1 Sam 29:6
    76%

    6Then Achish called David, and said unto him, As Jehovah liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favor thee not.

  • 1 Sam 19:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:

    5for he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and Jehovah wrought a great victory for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice; wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

  • 1 Sam 25:21
    75%

    21Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned me evil for good.

  • 1 Sam 24:15
    75%

    15Jehovah therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.

  • 1 Kgs 8:24
    75%

    24who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him: yea, thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day.

  • 2 Sam 4:10
    75%

    10when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings.

  • 2 Sam 2:6
    75%

    6And now Jehovah show lovingkindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.

  • 2 Sam 1:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him, so that he died.

    16And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain Jehovah's anointed.

  • Gen 26:29
    74%

    29that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of Jehovah.

  • 2 Sam 19:22
    74%

    22And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

  • 1 Sam 24:4
    74%

    4And the men of David said unto him, Behold, the day of which Jehovah said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thy hand, and thou shalt do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.

  • 1 Sam 30:23
    74%

    23Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which Jehovah hath given unto us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.

  • 1 Sam 29:8
    73%

    8And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been before thee unto this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

  • 1 Sam 26:18
    73%

    18And he said, Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?

  • 2 Sam 19:6
    73%

    6in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee. For thou hast declared this day, that princes and servants are nought unto thee: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.

  • 1 Sam 23:21
    73%

    21And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah; for ye have had compassion on me.

  • 2 Sam 18:13
    73%

    13Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hid from the king), then thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against [me] .

  • 1 Sam 26:8
    73%

    8Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered up thine enemy into thy hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time.

  • 2 Chr 6:15
    72%

    15who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him: yea, thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day.

  • 1 Sam 26:16
    72%

    16This thing is not good that thou hast done. As Jehovah liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept watch over your lord, Jehovah's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his head.

  • 2 Sam 1:9
    72%

    9And he said unto me, Stand, I pray thee, beside me, and slay me; for anguish hath taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.

  • 1 Sam 12:4
    72%

    4And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.

  • 1 Chr 17:18
    72%

    18What can David [say] yet more unto thee concerning the honor which is done to thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.

  • 1 Sam 19:17
    72%

    17And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me thus, and let mine enemy go, so that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?

  • 1 Sam 17:46
    72%

    46This day will Jehovah deliver thee into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from off thee; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day unto the birds of the heavens, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,

  • 1 Sam 28:18
    72%

    18Because thou obeyedst not the voice of Jehovah, and didst not execute his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath Jehovah done this thing unto thee this day.

  • 1 Sam 25:28
    72%

    28Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid: for Jehovah will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of Jehovah; and evil shall not be found in thee all thy days.

  • 2 Sam 22:41
    72%

    41Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.

  • 1 Sam 30:15
    72%

    15And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.