1 Samuel 21:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then Achish said to his servants, Look! the man is clearly off his head; why have you let him come before me?

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  • Eccl 7:7 : 7 The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.

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  • 1 Sam 21:15
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    15 Are there not enough unbalanced men about me, that you have let this person come and do such tricks before me? is such a man to come into my house?

  • 1 Sam 21:10-13
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    10 Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.

    11 And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David, the king of the land? did they not make songs about him in their dances, saying, Saul has put to death thousands, and David tens of thousands?

    12 And David took these words to heart, fearing Achish, the king of Gath.

    13 So changing his behaviour before them, he made it seem as if he was off his head, hammering on the doors of the town, and letting the water from his mouth go down his chin.

  • 1 Sam 29:3-4
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    72%

    3 Then the rulers of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews doing here? And Achish said to the rulers of the Philistines, Is this not David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me for a year or two, and I have never seen any wrong in him from the time when he came to me till now?

    4 But the rulers of the Philistines were angry with him, and said to him, Make the man go back to the place you have given him; do not let him go down with us to the fight, or he may be turned against us and be false to us: for how will this man make peace with his lord? will it not be with the heads of these men?

  • 1 Sam 27:12
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    12 And Achish had belief in what David said, saying, He has made himself hated by all his people Israel, and so he will be my servant for ever.

  • 1 Sam 29:6-9
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    69%

    6 Then Achish sent for David and said to him, By the living Lord, you are upright, and everything you have done with me in the army has been pleasing to me: I have seen no evil in you from the day when you came to me till now: but still, the lords are not pleased with you.

    7 So now go back, and go in peace, so that you do not make the lords of the Philistines angry.

    8 And David said to Achish, But what have I done? what have you seen in your servant while I have been with you till this day, that I may not go and take up arms against those who are now making war on my lord the king?

    9 And Achish in answer said, It is true that in my eyes you are good, like an angel of God: but still, the rulers of the Philistines have said, He is not to go up with us to the fight.

  • Acts 26:24
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    24 And when he made his answer in these words, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, you are off your head; your great learning has made you unbalanced.

  • 1 Sam 28:1-2
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    1 Now in those days the Philistines got their forces together to make war on Israel. And Achish said to David, Certainly you and your men are to go out with me to the fight.

    2 And David said to Achish, You will see now what your servant will do. And Achish said to David, Then I will make you keeper of my head for ever.

  • 1 Sam 26:17-19
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    17 And Saul, conscious that the voice was David's, said, Is that your voice, David, my son? And David said, It is my voice, O my lord king.

    18 And he said, Why does my lord go armed against his servant? what have I done? or what evil is there in me?

    19 Let my lord the king give ear now to the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who is moving you against me, let him take an offering: but if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for driving me out today and keeping me from my place in the heritage of the Lord, saying, Go, be the servant of other gods.

  • John 10:20
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    20 And a number of them said, He has an evil spirit and is out of his mind; why do you give ear to him?

  • Prov 26:18
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    18 As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,

  • 1 Sam 25:14
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    14 But one of the young men said to Nabal's wife Abigail, David sent men from the waste land to say kind words to our master, and he gave them a rough answer.

  • 1 Sam 27:4-5
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    4 And Saul, hearing that David had gone to Gath, went after him no longer.

    5 Then David said to Achish, If now I have grace in your eyes, let me have a place in one of the smaller towns of your land, to be my living-place; for it is not right for your servant to be living with you in the king's town.

  • 2 Kgs 9:11
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    11 Then Jehu came out again to the servants of his lord, and one said to him, Is all well? why did this man, who is off his head, come to you? And he said to them, You have knowledge of the man and of his talk.

  • 1 Sam 21:1-2
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    1 Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was full of fear at meeting David, and said to him, Why are you by yourself, having no man with you?

    2 And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has given me orders and has said to me, Say nothing to anyone about the business on which I am sending you and the orders I have given you: and a certain place has been fixed to which the young men are to go.

  • 1 Sam 24:9
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    9 And after that David came out of the hollow rock, and crying after Saul said, My lord the king. And when Saul gave a look back, David went down on his face and gave him honour.

  • Mark 3:21
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    21 And when his friends had news of it, they went out to get him, saying, He is off his head.

  • 1 Sam 17:29-31
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    29 And David said, What have I done now? was it not only a word?

    30 And turning away from him to one of the other men, he said the same words: and the people gave him the same answer.

    31 And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.

  • 1 Sam 17:8
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    8 He took up his position and in a loud voice said to the armies of Israel, Why have you come out to make war? Am I not a Philistine and you servants of Saul? Send out a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.

  • 1 Sam 25:21
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    21 Now David had said, What was the use of my taking care of this man's goods in the waste land, so that there was no loss of anything which was his? he has only given me back evil for good.

  • 1 Sam 16:16-17
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    16 Now give orders to your servants who are here before you to go in search of a man who is an expert player on a corded instrument: and it will be that when the evil spirit from God is on you, he will make music for you on his instrument, and you will get well.

    17 And Saul said to his servants, Then get me a man who is an expert player, and make him come to me.

  • 1 Sam 19:15
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    15 And Saul sent his men to see David, saying, Do not come back without him, take him in his bed, so that I may put him to death.

  • 1 Sam 18:15
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    15 And when Saul saw how wisely he did, he was in fear of him.

  • 1 Sam 18:24
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    24 And the servants of Saul gave him an account of what David had said.

  • 1 Sam 30:15
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    15 And David said to him, Will you take me down to this band? And he said, If you give me your oath that you will not put me to death or give me up to my master, I will take you to them.

  • 1 Kgs 2:39
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    39 But after three years, two of the servants of Shimei went in flight to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And word was given to Shimei that his servants had gone to Gath.

  • 1 Sam 27:2
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    2 So David and the six hundred men who were with him went over to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

  • Mark 9:20
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    20 And they took him to him: and when he saw him, the spirit in him straight away became violent; and he went down on the earth, rolling about and streaming at the lips.

  • 1 Sam 28:12
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    12 And the woman saw that it was Saul, and she gave a loud cry, and said to Saul, Why have you made use of deceit? for you are Saul.

  • 1 Sam 22:13
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    13 And Saul said to him, Why have you made designs against me with the son of Jesse, giving him food and a sword and getting directions from the Lord for him, and helping him to take up arms against me, and to be on the watch to make a secret attack on me as he is doing now?

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    30 Then the rulers of the Philistines went out to war: and whenever they went out, David did more wisely than all the other servants of Saul, so that his name became greatly honoured.

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    27 He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God: do then whatever seems good to you.

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    5 And when King David came to Bahurim, a man of Saul's family named Shimei, the son of Gera, came out from there, calling curses after him.

  • 1 Sam 11:5
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    5 Now Saul came from the field, driving the oxen before him; and he said, Why are the people weeping? And they gave him word of what the men of Jabesh had said.

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    43 And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come out to me with sticks? And the Philistine put curses on David by all his gods.