1 Samuel 24:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

After whom has the king of Israel come out? for whom are you searching? for a dead dog, an insect.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 35:1 : 1 <Of David.> O Lord, be on my side against those who are judging me; be at war with those who make war against me.
  • Ps 43:1 : 1 Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.
  • Ps 119:154 : 154 Undertake my cause, and come to my help, give me life, as you have said.
  • 1 Sam 24:12 : 12 And see, my father, see the skirt of your robe in my hand: for the fact that I took off the skirt of your robe and did not put you to death is witness that I have no evil purpose, and I have done you no wrong, though you are waiting for my life to take it.
  • Mic 7:9 : 9 I will undergo the wrath of the Lord, because of my sin against him; till he takes up my cause and does what is right for me: when he makes me come out into the light, I will see his righteousness;
  • 1 Sam 26:4 : 4 And so David sent out watchers, and got word from them that Saul was certainly coming.
  • 2 Chr 24:22 : 22 So King Joash did not keep in mind how good Jehoiada his father had been to him, but put his son to death. And in the hour of his death he said, May the Lord see it and take payment!
  • Mic 1:2 : 2 Give ear, you peoples, all of you; give attention, O earth and everything in it: let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy Temple.

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  • 1 Sam 24:9-14
    6 verses
    83%

    9And 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.

    10And David said to Saul, Why do you give any attention to those who say that it is my desire to do you wrong?

    11Look! you have seen today how the Lord gave you up into my hands even now in the hollow of the rocks: and some would have had me put you to death, but I had pity on you: for I said, Never will my hand be lifted up against my lord, who has been marked with the holy oil.

    12And see, my father, see the skirt of your robe in my hand: for the fact that I took off the skirt of your robe and did not put you to death is witness that I have no evil purpose, and I have done you no wrong, though you are waiting for my life to take it.

    13May the Lord be judge between me and you, and may the Lord give me my rights against you, but my hand will never be lifted up against you.

    14There is an old saying, From the evil-doer comes evil: but my hand will never be lifted up against you.

  • 1 Sam 24:16-19
    4 verses
    78%

    16So let the Lord be judge, and give a decision between me and you, and see and give support to my cause, and keep me from falling into your hands.

    17Now when David had said these words to Saul, Saul said, Is this your voice, David, my son? And Saul was overcome with weeping.

    18And he said to David, You are right and I am wrong: for you have given me back good, but I have given you evil.

    19And you have made clear to me how good you have been to me today: because, when the Lord gave me up into your hands, you did not put me to death.

  • 1 Sam 26:17-20
    4 verses
    77%

    17And 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.

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

    19Let 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.

    20Then do not let my blood be drained out on the earth away from the face of the Lord: for the king of Israel has come out to take my life, like one going after birds in the mountains.

  • 1 Sam 26:22-24
    3 verses
    77%

    22Then David said, Here is the king's spear! let one of the young men come over and get it.

    23And the Lord will give to every man the reward of his righteousness and his faith: because the Lord gave you into my hands today, and I would not put out my hand against the man who has been marked with the holy oil.

    24And so, as your life was dear to me today, may my life be dear to the Lord, and may he make me free from all my troubles.

  • Ps 43:1
    76%

    1Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.

  • 1 Sam 17:37
    76%

    37And David said, The Lord, who kept me safe from the grip of the lion and the bear, will be my saviour from the hands of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go! and may the Lord be with you.

  • Ps 35:23-24
    2 verses
    76%

    23Be awake, O Lord, be moved to take up my cause, my God and my Lord.

    24Be my judge, O Lord my God, in your righteousness; do not let them be glad over me.

  • 2 Sam 14:16-17
    2 verses
    76%

    16For the king will give ear, and take his servant out of the power of the man whose purpose is the destruction of me and my son together from the heritage of God.

    17Then your servant said, May the word of my lord the king give me peace! for my lord the king is as the angel of God in his hearing of good and bad: and may the Lord your God be with you!

  • 1 Sam 23:10-12
    3 verses
    75%

    10Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is Saul's purpose to come to Keilah and send destruction on the town because of me.

    11And now, is it true, as they have said to me, that Saul is coming? O Lord, the God of Israel, give ear to your servant, and say if these things are so. And the Lord said, He is coming down.

    12Then David said, Will the men of Keilah give me and my men up to Saul? and the Lord said, They will give you up.

  • 2 Sam 1:16
    75%

    16And David said to him, May your blood be on your head; for your mouth has given witness against you, saying, I have put to death the man marked with the holy oil.

  • 1 Sam 20:23
    75%

    23As for what you and I were talking of, the Lord is between you and me for ever.

  • 1 Sam 25:30
    74%

    30And when the Lord has done for my lord all those good things which he has said he will do for you, and has made you a ruler over Israel;

  • 2 Sam 22:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1And David made a song to the Lord in these words, on the day when the Lord made him free from the hands of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul:

    2And he said, The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour, even mine;

  • Ps 35:1
    74%

    1<Of David.> O Lord, be on my side against those who are judging me; be at war with those who make war against me.

  • 1 Sam 28:17
    74%

    17And the Lord himself has done what I said: the Lord has taken the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbour David;

  • Ps 7:8
    74%

    8The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.

  • Ps 31:15
    74%

    15The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me.

  • Jer 20:12
    74%

    12But, O Lord of armies, testing the upright and seeing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them; for I have put my cause before you.

  • Lam 3:59
    74%

    59O Lord, you have seen my wrong; be judge in my cause.

  • 1 Sam 24:21
    74%

    21And now I am certain that you will be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be made strong under your authority.

  • Job 23:7
    74%

    7There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

  • 1 Sam 20:8
    73%

    8So, then, be kind to your servant; for you have been united with your servant in an agreement made before the Lord: but if there is any wrongdoing in me, put me to death yourself; why take me to your father?

  • Jer 11:20
    73%

    20But, O Lord of armies, judging in righteousness, testing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them: for I have put my cause before you.

  • 1 Sam 17:46
    73%

    46This day the Lord will give you up into my hands, and I will overcome you, and take your head off you; and I will give the bodies of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth today, so that all the earth may see that Israel has a God;

  • 1 Sam 24:4
    73%

    4And on the way he came to a place where sheep were kept, where there was a hollow in the rock; and Saul went in for a private purpose. Now David and his men were in the deepest part of the hollow.

  • 2 Sam 3:18
    73%

    18For the Lord has said of David, By the hand of my servant David I will make my people Israel safe from the Philistines, and from all who are against them.

  • 2 Sam 1:9
    73%

    9Then he said to me, Come here to my side, and put me to death, for the pain of death has me in its grip but my life is still strong in me.

  • Ps 109:21
    73%

    21But, O Lord God, give me your help, because of your name; take me out of danger, because your mercy is good.

  • Jer 26:14
    73%

    14As for me, here I am in your hands: do with me whatever seems good and right in your opinion.

  • 2 Sam 19:27
    73%

    27He 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.

  • 1 Chr 14:10
    72%

    10And David, desiring directions from God, said, Am I to go up against the Philistines? and will you give them into my hands? And the Lord said, Go up; for I will give them into your hands.

  • 1 Sam 27:1
    72%

    1And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.