1 Samuel 24:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 26:21 : 21 Then Saul said, I have done wrong: come back to me, David my son: I will do you no more wrong, because my life was dear to you today truly, I have been foolish and my error is very great.
  • Matt 5:44 : 44 But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;
  • Gen 38:26 : 26 Then Judah said openly that they were his, and said, She is more upright than I am, for I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he had no more connection with her.
  • Exod 9:27 : 27 Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have done evil this time: the Lord is upright, and I and my people are sinners.
  • Ps 37:6 : 6 And he will make your righteousness be seen like the light, and your cause like the shining of the sun.
  • Matt 27:4 : 4 Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an upright man. But they said, What is that to us? it is your business.
  • Rom 12:20-21 : 20 But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head. 21 Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.

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  • 1 Sam 24:18-19
    2 verses
    84%

    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 25:21
    80%

    21Now 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 24:8-11
    4 verses
    80%

    8So with these words David kept his servants back, and did not let them make an attack on Saul. And Saul got up and went on his way.

    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.

  • 1 Sam 24:15-16
    2 verses
    79%

    15After whom has the king of Israel come out? for whom are you searching? for a dead dog, an insect.

    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.

  • 1 Sam 26:21-25
    5 verses
    78%

    21Then Saul said, I have done wrong: come back to me, David my son: I will do you no more wrong, because my life was dear to you today truly, I have been foolish and my error is very great.

    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.

    25Then Saul said to David, May a blessing be on you, David, my son; you will do great things and without doubt you will overcome. Then David went on his way, and Saul went back to his place.

  • 1 Sam 26:17-18
    2 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?

  • 2 Sam 1:16
    76%

    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 19:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4And Jonathan gave his father Saul a good account of David, and said to him, Let not the king do wrong against his servant, against David; because he has done you no wrong, and all his acts have had a good outcome for you:

    5For he put his life in danger and overcame the Philistine, and the Lord gave all Israel salvation: you saw it and were glad: why then are you sinning against him who has done no wrong, desiring the death of David without cause?

  • 1 Sam 23:21
    76%

    21And Saul said, The Lord's blessing will be yours, for you have had pity on me.

  • 2 Sam 2:6
    76%

    6May the Lord be good and true to you: and I myself will see that your kind act is rewarded, because you have done this thing.

  • 1 Sam 29:6
    75%

    6Then 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.

  • 1 Sam 24:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

    5And David's men said to him, Now is the time when the Lord says to you, I will give up your hater into your hands to do with him whatever seems good to you. Then David, getting up, took the skirt of Saul's robe in his hand, cutting off the end of it without his knowledge.

  • 2 Sam 4:10-11
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    75%

    10When one came to me with the news of Saul's death, in the belief that it would be good news, I took him and put him to death in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news:

    11How much more, when evil men have put an upright person to death, in his house, sleeping on his bed, will I take payment from you for his blood, and have you cut off from the earth?

  • 1 Sam 28:17
    75%

    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;

  • 1 Sam 22:13
    75%

    13And 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?

  • 2 Sam 12:7
    74%

    7And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul;

  • 2 Sam 24:17
    74%

    17And when David saw the angel who was causing the destruction of the people, he said to the Lord, Truly, the sin is mine; I have done wrong: but these are only sheep; what have they done? let your hand be against me and against my family.

  • 2 Sam 3:39
    74%

    39While I, though I am crowned king, have little strength, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are out of my control: may the Lord give to the evil-doer the reward of his evil-doing!

  • 1 Sam 18:24
    74%

    24And the servants of Saul gave him an account of what David had said.

  • Ps 7:4
    74%

    4If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;

  • 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 Sam 17:29
    73%

    29And David said, What have I done now? was it not only a word?

  • 1 Sam 19:17
    73%

    17And Saul said to Michal, why have you been false to me, letting my hater go and get safely away? And in answer Michal said to Saul, He said to me, Let me go, or I will put you to death.

  • 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?

  • 1 Sam 25:32-33
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    73%

    32And David said to Abigail, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised, who sent you to me today:

    33A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from taking into my hands the punishment for my wrongs.

  • 1 Sam 29:8
    73%

    8And 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?

  • 2 Sam 19:22
    73%

    22And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you put yourselves against me today? is it right for any man in Israel to be put to death today? for I am certain today that I am king in Israel.

  • 1 Chr 17:18
    73%

    18What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant.

  • 1 Sam 17:31
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    31And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.

  • 1 Sam 25:30
    72%

    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 7:20
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    20What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant, O Lord God.

  • 1 Sam 24:13
    72%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 30:23
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    23Then David said, You are not to do this, my brothers, after what the Lord has given us, who has kept us safe and given up the band which came against us into our hands.

  • 1 Sam 22:8
    72%

    8That all of you have made designs against me, and not one of you gave me word when my son made an agreement with the son of Jesse, and not one of you has pity for me or has made my eyes open to the fact that my servant has been moved by my son against me, as at this day?

  • 1 Chr 12:17
    72%

    17And David went out to them, and said to them, If you have come in peace to give me help, my heart will be united with yours; but if you have come to give me up to those who would take my life, though my hands are clean from wrongdoing, then may the God of our fathers see it and give you punishment.

  • 2 Sam 1:14
    72%

    14And David said to him, Had you no fear of stretching out your hand to put to death the one marked with the holy oil?