1 Samuel 24:14

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As the old proverb says, 'From evil people comes evil deeds,' so my hand will not be against you.

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  • 1 Sam 26:20 : 20 Now then, do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea, as one hunts a partridge in the mountains.
  • 1 Sam 17:43 : 43 The Philistine said to David, 'Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?' And he cursed David by his gods.
  • 2 Sam 9:8 : 8 Mephibosheth bowed down and said, "What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?"
  • 2 Sam 16:9 : 9 Then Abishai, son of Zeruiah, said to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!"
  • 1 Kgs 21:7 : 7 Jezebel, his wife, said to him, 'Is this how you act as king over Israel? Get up, eat, and cheer up. I’ll get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.'
  • Judg 8:1-3 : 1 The men of Ephraim said to Gideon, 'What is this thing you have done to us by not calling us when you went to fight against Midian?' And they argued with him forcefully. 2 But Gideon replied to them, 'What have I accomplished compared to you? Aren’t the gleanings of Ephraim’s harvest better than the full harvest of Abiezer?' 3 God gave the leaders of Midian—Oreb and Zeeb—into your hands. What was I able to do compared to you?' At this, their anger toward him subsided when he said this.
  • 2 Sam 3:8 : 8 Abner became very angry over Ishbosheth's words and said, 'Am I a dog's head at Judah's disposal? Today I am loyal to the house of Saul your father, to his relatives and friends, and I have not delivered you into David's hand. Yet now you accuse me of sinning with this woman!'
  • 2 Sam 6:20 : 20 When David returned to bless his household, Michal, daughter of Saul, came out to meet him and said, 'How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, uncovering himself in the sight of the servant girls of his officials, as a vulgar person might shamelessly uncover himself!'

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    77%

    18 And he added, "Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done, and what wrong is in my hand?

    19 Now, may my lord the king please hear the words of his servant. If the LORD has incited you against me, may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed before the LORD, because they have driven me out today to prevent me from having a share in the LORD's inheritance, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.'

    20 Now then, do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea, as one hunts a partridge in the mountains.

  • 1 Sam 24:11-13
    3 verses
    75%

    11 'This day you have seen with your own eyes how the LORD delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you and said, "I will not lay my hand on my lord because he is the LORD’s anointed."'

    12 Look, my father, see the corner of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe but did not kill you. Know and understand that I am not guilty of wrongdoing or rebellion. I have not sinned against you, but you are hunting me down to take my life.

    13 May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD avenge me against you, but my hand will not be against you.

  • 1 Sam 24:15
    74%

    15 Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Who are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?

  • 1 Sam 24:18-19
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    18 He said to David, 'You are more righteous than I, for you have treated me well, but I have treated you badly.'

    19 Today you have shown that you dealt well with me, for when the LORD gave me into your hand, you did not kill me.

  • 1 Kgs 21:19-20
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    69%

    19 Speak to him and say, “Thus says the LORD: Have you murdered and also taken possession?” Then say to him, “Thus says the LORD: In the place where the dogs licked up Naboth’s blood, the dogs will also lick up your blood—yes, yours.”'

    20 Ahab said to Elijah, 'So, have you found me, my enemy?' 'I have found you,' he answered, 'because you have devoted yourself to doing evil in the eyes of the LORD.'

  • 2 Sam 16:9
    69%

    9 Then Abishai, son of Zeruiah, said to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!"

  • 2 Sam 9:8
    68%

    8 Mephibosheth bowed down and said, "What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?"

  • Prov 30:31
    68%

    31 a strutting rooster, a he-goat, and a king secure against revolt.

  • Ps 68:23
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    23 The Lord has said, 'I will bring them back from Bashan; I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,'

  • 2 Sam 17:12
    68%

    12 'We will come upon him wherever he is found, and we will fall on him like dew settling on the ground. Not even one of his men will survive.'

  • 1 Sam 17:43
    68%

    43 The Philistine said to David, 'Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?' And he cursed David by his gods.

  • Job 30:1
    66%

    1 But now, those younger than I mock me—people whose fathers I would have refused to place with my sheepdogs.

  • Ps 22:16
    66%

    16 My strength is dried up like a broken piece of pottery, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.

  • Ps 18:37
    66%

    37 You widen the path beneath me, so my feet do not slip.

  • 2 Sam 22:38
    66%

    38 I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, and I did not turn back until they were consumed.

  • 1 Sam 25:21
    66%

    21 David had just been saying, "It’s been for nothing that I guarded everything belonging to this man in the wilderness. Nothing was missing, yet he has repaid me evil for good.

  • 1 Kgs 21:24
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    24 'Anyone who belongs to Ahab and dies in the city, the dogs will eat; and anyone who dies in the field, the birds of the heavens will eat.'

  • 2 Kgs 8:13
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    13 Hazael said, "How could your servant, a mere dog, accomplish such a great thing?" Elisha answered, "The LORD has shown me that you will become king over Aram."

  • Job 13:25
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    25 Will You terrify a wind-driven leaf and pursue dry chaff?

  • 1 Kgs 22:38
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    38 They washed the chariot at the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood, as the prostitutes bathed there, in accordance with the word of the LORD that He had spoken.

  • 1 Sam 23:23
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    23 Carefully identify all the hiding places where he could be staying and return to me with reliable information. Then I will come with you, and if he is indeed in the land, I will search for him among all the clans of Judah.

  • 1 Sam 30:8
    66%

    8 David inquired of the Lord, saying, "Should I pursue this raiding party? Will I overtake them?" The Lord answered, "Pursue them, for you will certainly overtake them and rescue the captives."

  • 1 Sam 25:29-30
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    66%

    29 Even though someone pursues you to take your life, the life of my lord will be securely bound in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God. But the lives of your enemies he will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling.

    30 When the Lord has fulfilled for my lord all the good things he promised and has appointed you ruler over Israel,

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    66%

    9 David got up afterward, went out of the cave, and called after Saul, 'My lord the king!' When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down with his face to the ground and paid homage.

  • Isa 37:23
    65%

    23 Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

  • 2 Sam 1:3
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    3 David asked him, 'Where have you come from?' He replied, 'I escaped from the camp of Israel.'

  • Job 14:3
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    3 Do you fix your gaze on such a one and bring me into judgment with you?

  • Jer 2:25
    65%

    25 Keep your feet from going bare and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It’s hopeless! I love foreigners, and I will follow them.’

  • 1 Kgs 20:40
    65%

    40 But while your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared.' The king of Israel said to him, 'That is your sentence; you have pronounced it yourself.'

  • Lam 4:19
    65%

    19 Our pursuers were swifter than eagles in the sky; they chased us over the mountains and lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

  • Jer 48:27
    65%

    27 Was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he found among thieves, that whenever you speak of him you wag your head in scorn?

  • Isa 14:19
    65%

    19 but you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit, like a corpse trampled underfoot.

  • 1 Sam 25:34
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    34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has prevented me from harming you, if you had not hurried to come to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning.

  • 1 Kgs 18:9-10
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    65%

    9 But Obadiah said, "What have I done wrong that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to be killed?"

    10 "As surely as the LORD your God lives," he continued, "there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to look for you. And whenever they said, 'He is not here,' he made the kingdom or nation swear that they could not find you.

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    7 Will not your creditors suddenly arise? Will not those who make you tremble wake up? Then you will become their plunder.

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    3 He pursues them and moves on unscathed, traveling a path his feet have not tread before.

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    18 how he met you on the road, attacked all who were lagging behind you when you were tired and weary, and he did not fear God.

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    4 Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city, the dogs will eat, and anyone who dies in the field, the birds of the heavens will eat.

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    2 When Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, 'David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.'

  • Judg 11:25
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    25 Are you any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive or fight against Israel?

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    19 Why then did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush for the spoil and do what is evil in the eyes of the LORD?