1 Samuel 26:9

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But David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him, for who can lay a hand on the LORD's anointed and be guiltless?"

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  • 2 Sam 1:14 : 14 David asked him, 'How is it that you were not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?'
  • 2 Sam 1:16 : 16 David said to him, 'Your blood is on your own head, because your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I killed the LORD's anointed.’'
  • Ps 105:15 : 15 'Do not touch My anointed ones, and do not harm My prophets.'
  • 1 Sam 24:6-7 : 6 Afterward, David's heart troubled him because he had cut off a corner of Saul's robe. 7 He said to his men, 'The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my lord, the LORD’s anointed, by raising my hand against him, for he is the LORD’s anointed.'

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  • 2 Sam 1:14-16
    3 verses
    87%

    14David asked him, 'How is it that you were not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?'

    15Then David called one of his young men and said, 'Come here and strike him down.' So he struck him, and he died.

    16David said to him, 'Your blood is on your own head, because your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I killed the LORD's anointed.’'

  • 1 Sam 24:6-7
    2 verses
    83%

    6Afterward, David's heart troubled him because he had cut off a corner of Saul's robe.

    7He said to his men, 'The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my lord, the LORD’s anointed, by raising my hand against him, for he is the LORD’s anointed.'

  • 1 Sam 26:10-11
    2 verses
    83%

    10David also said, "As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him, or his day will come to die, or he will go down into battle and perish.

    11The LORD forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the LORD's anointed. Now take the spear by his head and the jar of water, and let us go.

  • 1 Sam 26:8
    82%

    8Abishai said to David, "Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now let me pin him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I won't need to strike him twice."

  • 2 Sam 19:21-22
    2 verses
    80%

    21'For I, your servant, know that I have sinned. But today I have come here as the first of the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.'

    22But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, 'Shouldn't Shimei be put to death for this? He cursed the LORD's anointed!'

  • 1 Sam 26:22-23
    2 verses
    79%

    22David answered and said, "Here is the king's spear. Let one of the young men come over and take it.

    23The LORD repays everyone for their righteousness and faithfulness, for the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not lay my hand on the LORD's anointed.

  • 1 Sam 24:9-12
    4 verses
    79%

    9David 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.

    10David said to Saul, 'Why do you listen to the words of men who say, "David seeks your harm"?'

    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."'

    12Look, 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.

  • 1 Sam 26:15-18
    4 verses
    77%

    15David said to Abner, "Aren't you a man? And who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not guarded your lord the king? Someone came to destroy your lord the king.

    16What you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, you deserve to die because you did not guard your lord, the LORD's anointed. Now, look around! Where are the king's spear and the jar of water that were near his head?"

    17Saul recognized David’s voice and said, "Is that your voice, my son David?" David replied, "It is my voice, my lord the king."

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

  • 1 Sam 19:4-6
    3 verses
    76%

    4Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul, his father, saying, "The king should not sin against his servant David. He has done no wrong to you; on the contrary, his actions have greatly benefited you.

    5He risked his life to kill the Philistine, and the LORD brought about a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. So why would you sin by shedding innocent blood by killing David without cause?

    6Saul listened to Jonathan and swore, "As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death."

  • 2 Sam 16:9-11
    3 verses
    76%

    9Then 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!"

    10But the king replied, "What does this have to do with you, sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the Lord told him to curse David, who can ask, 'Why did you do this?'"

    11David then said to Abishai and all his servants, "Look, my own son who came from my own body is trying to take my life. How much more now this Benjamite! Leave him alone; let him curse, for the Lord has told him to.

  • 1 Sam 30:23
    74%

    23But David said, "You must not act this way, my brothers, with what the Lord has given us. He has protected us and delivered the raiding party that came against us into our hands.

  • 1 Chr 16:22
    74%

    22"Do not touch my anointed ones, and do not harm my prophets."

  • 2 Sam 3:28
    74%

    28Later, when David heard about this, he declared, 'I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the LORD regarding the blood of Abner son of Ner.

  • 1 Sam 22:17
    74%

    17Then the king ordered the guards standing by him, 'Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because they are allies of David. They knew he was fleeing but didn’t inform me.' But the king's servants were unwilling to raise their hands to strike the priests of the Lord.

  • Ps 132:10
    73%

    10For the sake of Your servant David, do not turn away the face of Your anointed one.

  • 2 Sam 21:17
    73%

    17But Abishai, son of Zeruiah, came to David's aid. He struck the Philistine and killed him. Then David's men swore to him, saying, "Never again will you go out with us to battle, so that you do not extinguish the lamp of Israel."

  • Ps 105:15
    73%

    15'Do not touch My anointed ones, and do not harm My prophets.'

  • 2 Chr 6:42
    73%

    42LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember the great love promised to Your servant David.

  • 2 Sam 3:18
    72%

    18Now do it! For the Lord has promised David, 'By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the Philistines and from all their enemies.’'

  • 2 Sam 3:9
    72%

    9May God deal with Abner, be it ever so severely, if I do not carry out what the Lord swore to David.

  • 1 Sam 26:6
    72%

    6David then answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, "Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?" Abishai said, "I will go down with you."

  • 1 Sam 22:14
    72%

    14Ahimelech answered the king, 'Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king's son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard, and highly respected in your house?'

  • 1 Sam 29:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8David said to Achish, "But what have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day I first came to you until now, that I may not go and fight the enemies of my lord the king?"

    9Achish answered David, "I know that you are as pleasing in my eyes as an angel of God. Nevertheless, the Philistine commanders have said, 'He must not go up with us into battle.'

  • 1 Sam 17:26
    72%

    26David said to the men standing with him, 'What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?'

  • 2 Sam 12:7
    72%

    7Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man! This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.

  • 1 Kgs 2:32
    72%

    32The LORD will bring back his blood on his own head, because he struck down two men more righteous and better than himself—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel's army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah's army—killing them with the sword without my father David knowing it.

  • 2 Sam 4:11
    71%

    11How much more, then, when wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed! Should I not now demand his blood from your hand and remove you from the earth?

  • 2 Sam 24:17
    71%

    17When David saw the angel striking the people, he said to the Lord, "I alone have sinned; I, the shepherd, have acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand fall upon me and my family."

  • 1 Kgs 2:9
    71%

    9However, do not consider him innocent. You are a wise man, and you will know what you ought to do to him. Bring his gray head down to the grave in blood.

  • 2 Sam 18:12
    71%

    12But the man replied to Joab, 'Even if I were to receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I would not dare to harm the king’s son. For we all heard the king command you, Abishai, and Ittai to protect the young man Absalom for his sake.'

  • 1 Sam 20:15
    71%

    15And do not ever withdraw your kindness from my family, even when the LORD cuts off all of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.

  • 2 Sam 9:1
    71%

    1David asked, "Is there anyone still left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan's sake?"

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    71%

    57As soon as David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the Philistine's head still in his hand.