1 Samuel 24:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 26:23 : 23 And 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.
  • Ps 31:8 : 8 And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place.
  • 1 Sam 23:7 : 7 And news was given to Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, Now God has given him into my hands; for by going into a walled town with locked doors, he has let himself be shut in.
  • 1 Sam 23:12 : 12 Then David said, Will the men of Keilah give me and my men up to Saul? and the Lord said, They will give you up.
  • 1 Sam 24:10 : 10 And David said to Saul, Why do you give any attention to those who say that it is my desire to do you wrong?
  • 1 Sam 26:8 : 8 Then Abishai said to David, God has given up your hater into your hands today; now let me give him one blow through to the earth with his spear, and there will be no need to give him a second.

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

    19 And 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.

    20 If a man comes across his hater, will he let him get away safe? so may you be rewarded by the Lord for what you have done for me today.

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

  • 1 Sam 24:17
    84%

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

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

    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.

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

    11 Look! 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.

    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.

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

    23 And 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.

    24 And 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.

  • 1 Sam 20:8
    78%

    8 So, 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 25:30-34
    5 verses
    77%

    30 And 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;

    31 Then you will have no cause for grief, and my lord's heart will not be troubled because you have taken life without cause and have yourself given punishment for your wrongs: and when the Lord has been good to you, then give a thought to your servant.

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

    33 A 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.

    34 For truly, by the living Lord, the God of Israel, who has kept me from doing you evil, if you had not been so quick in coming to me and meeting me, by dawn there would not have been in Nabal's house so much as one male living.

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

    13 May the Lord's punishment be on Jonathan, if it is my father's pleasure to do you evil and I do not give you word of it and send you away so that you may go in peace: and may the Lord be with you, as he has been with my father.

    14 And may you, while I am still living, O may you be kind to me, as the Lord is kind, and keep me from death!

    15 And let not your mercy ever be cut off from my family, even when the Lord has sent destruction on all David's haters, cutting them off from the face of the earth.

  • 1 Sam 29:6
    76%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 19:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4 And 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:

    5 For 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 25:21
    75%

    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 24:15
    75%

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

  • 1 Kgs 8:24
    75%

    24 And you have kept the word which you gave to your servant David, my father; with your mouth you said it and with your hand you have made it come true this day.

  • 2 Sam 4:10
    75%

    10 When 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:

  • 2 Sam 2:6
    75%

    6 May 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.

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

    15 And David sent for one of his young men and said, Go near and put an end to him. And he put him to death.

    16 And 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.

  • Gen 26:29
    74%

    29 That you will do us no damage, even as we put no hand on you, and did you nothing but good, and sent you away in peace: and now the blessing of the Lord is on you.

  • 2 Sam 19:22
    74%

    22 And 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 Sam 24:4
    74%

    4 And 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.

  • 1 Sam 30:23
    74%

    23 Then 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 29:8
    73%

    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?

  • 1 Sam 26:18
    73%

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

  • 2 Sam 19:6
    73%

    6 For your haters, it seems, are dear to you, and your friends are hated. For you have made it clear that captains and servants are nothing to you: and now I see that if Absalom was living and we had all been dead today, it would have been right in your eyes.

  • 1 Sam 23:21
    73%

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

  • 2 Sam 18:13
    73%

    13 And if I had falsely put him to death (and nothing may be kept secret from the king), you would have had nothing to do with me.

  • 1 Sam 26:8
    73%

    8 Then Abishai said to David, God has given up your hater into your hands today; now let me give him one blow through to the earth with his spear, and there will be no need to give him a second.

  • 2 Chr 6:15
    72%

    15 For you have kept the word which you gave to your servant David, my father; with your mouth you said it and with your hand you have made it come true this day.

  • 1 Sam 26:16
    72%

    16 What you have done is not good. By the living Lord, death is the right fate for you, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil. Now see, where is the king's spear, and the vessel of water which was by his head?

  • 2 Sam 1:9
    72%

    9 Then 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.

  • 1 Sam 12:4
    72%

    4 And they said, You have never been untrue to us or cruel to us; you have taken nothing from any man.

  • 1 Chr 17:18
    72%

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

  • 1 Sam 19:17
    72%

    17 And 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 17:46
    72%

    46 This 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 28:18
    72%

    18 Because you did not do what the Lord said, and did not give effect to his burning wrath against Amalek. So the Lord has done this thing to you today.

  • 1 Sam 25:28
    72%

    28 And may the sin of your servant have forgiveness: for the Lord will certainly make your family strong, because my lord is fighting in the Lord's war; and no evil will be seen in you all your days.

  • 2 Sam 22:41
    72%

    41 By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.

  • 1 Sam 30:15
    72%

    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.