1 Samuel 24:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He said to David,“You are more innocent than I, for you have treated me well, even though I have tried to harm you!

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 26:21 : 21 Saul replied,“I have sinned. Come back, my son David. I won’t harm you anymore, for you treated my life with value this day. I have behaved foolishly and have made a very terrible mistake!”
  • Matt 5:44 : 44 But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you,
  • Gen 38:26 : 26 Judah recognized them and said,“She is more upright than I am, because I wouldn’t give her to Shelah my son.” He was not physically intimate with her again.
  • Exod 9:27 : 27 So Pharaoh sent and summoned Moses and Aaron and said to them,“I have sinned this time! The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are guilty.
  • Ps 37:6 : 6 He will vindicate you in broad daylight, and publicly defend your just cause.
  • Matt 27:4 : 4 saying,“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!” But they said,“What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!”
  • Rom 12:20-21 : 20 Rather, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head. 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

    18You have explained today how you have treated me well. The LORD delivered me into your hand, but you did not kill me.

    19Now if a man finds his enemy, does he send him on his way in good shape? May the LORD repay you with good this day for what you have done to me.

  • 1 Sam 25:21
    80%

    21Now David had been thinking,“In vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness. I didn’t take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil.

  • 1 Sam 24:8-11
    4 verses
    80%

    8Afterward David got up and went out of the cave. He called out after Saul,“My lord, O king!” When Saul looked behind him, David kneeled down and bowed with his face to the ground.

    9David said to Saul,“Why do you pay attention when men say,‘David is seeking to do you harm’?

    10Today your own eyes see how the LORD delivered you– this very day– into my hands in the cave. Some told me to kill you, but I had pity on you and said,‘I will not extend my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD’s chosen one.’

    11Look, my father, and see the edge of your robe in my hand! When I cut off the edge of your robe, I didn’t kill you. So realize and understand that I am not planning evil or rebellion. Even though I have not sinned against you, you are waiting in ambush to take my life.

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

    15May the LORD be our judge and arbiter. May he see and arbitrate my case and deliver me from your hands!”

    16When David finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said,“Is that your voice, my son David?” Then Saul wept loudly.

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

    21Saul replied,“I have sinned. Come back, my son David. I won’t harm you anymore, for you treated my life with value this day. I have behaved foolishly and have made a very terrible mistake!”

    22David replied,“Here is the king’s spear! Let one of your servants cross over and get it.

    23The LORD rewards each man for his integrity and loyalty. Even though today the LORD delivered you into my hand, I was not willing to extend my hand against the LORD’s chosen one.

    24In the same way that I valued your life this day, may the LORD value my life and deliver me from all danger.”

    25Saul replied to David,“May you be rewarded, my son David! You will without question be successful!” So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

  • 1 Sam 26:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17When Saul recognized David’s voice, he said,“Is that your voice, my son David?” David replied,“Yes, it’s my voice, my lord the king.”

    18He went on to say,“Why is my lord chasing his servant? What have I done? What wrong have I done?

  • 2 Sam 1:16
    76%

    16David said to him,“Your blood be on your own head! Your own mouth has testified against you, saying‘I have put the LORD’s anointed to death.’”

  • 1 Sam 19:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4So Jonathan spoke on David’s behalf to his father Saul. He said to him,“The king should not sin against his servant David, for he has not sinned against you. On the contrary, his actions have been very beneficial for you.

    5He risked his life when he struck down the Philistine and the LORD gave all Israel a great victory. When you saw it, you were happy. So why would you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death for no reason?”

  • 1 Sam 23:21
    76%

    21Saul replied,“May you be blessed by the LORD, for you have had compassion on me.

  • 2 Sam 2:6
    76%

    6Now may the LORD show you true kindness! I also will reward you, because you have done this deed.

  • 1 Sam 29:6
    75%

    6So Achish summoned David and said to him,“As surely as the LORD lives, you are an honest man, and I am glad to have you serving with me in the army. I have found no fault with you from the day that you first came to me until the present time. But in the opinion of the leaders, you are not reliable.

  • 1 Sam 24:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4David’s men said to him,“This is the day about which the LORD said to you,‘I will give your enemy into your hand, and you can do to him whatever seems appropriate to you.’” So David got up and quietly cut off an edge of Saul’s robe.

    5Afterward David’s conscience bothered him because he had cut off an edge of Saul’s robe.

  • 2 Sam 4:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10when someone told me that Saul was dead– even though he thought he was bringing good news– I seized him and killed him in Ziklag. That was the good news I gave to him!

    11Surely when wicked men have killed an innocent man as he slept in his own house, should I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth?”

  • 1 Sam 28:17
    75%

    17The LORD has done exactly as I prophesied! The LORD has torn the kingdom from your hand and has given it to your neighbor David!

  • 1 Sam 22:13
    75%

    13Saul said to him,“Why have you conspired against me, you and this son of Jesse? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God on his behalf, so that he opposes me and waits in ambush, as is the case today!”

  • 2 Sam 12:7
    74%

    7Nathan said to David,“You are that man! This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘I chose you to be king over Israel and I rescued you from the hand of Saul.

  • 2 Sam 24:17
    74%

    17When he saw the angel who was destroying the people, David said to the LORD,“Look, it is I who have sinned and done this evil thing! As for these sheep– what have they done? Attack me and my family.”

  • 2 Sam 3:39
    74%

    39Today I am weak, even though I am anointed as king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too much for me to bear! May the LORD punish appropriately the one who has done this evil thing!”

  • 1 Sam 18:24
    74%

    24When Saul’s servants reported what David had said,

  • Ps 7:4
    74%

    4or have wronged my ally, or helped his lawless enemy,

  • 2 Sam 19:27
    73%

    27But my servant has slandered me to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like an angel of God. Do whatever seems appropriate to you.

  • 1 Sam 17:29
    73%

    29David replied,“What have I done now? Can’t I say anything?”

  • 1 Sam 19:17
    73%

    17Saul said to Michal,“Why have you deceived me this way by sending my enemy away? Now he has escaped!” Michal replied to Saul,“He said to me,‘Help me get away or else I will kill you!’”

  • 1 Sam 20:8
    73%

    8You must be loyal to your servant, for you have made a covenant with your servant in the LORD’s name. If I am guilty, you yourself kill me! Why bother taking me to your father?”

  • 1 Sam 25:32-33
    2 verses
    73%

    32Then David said to Abigail,“Praised be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has sent you this day to meet me!

    33Praised be your good judgment! May you yourself be rewarded for having prevented me this day from shedding blood and taking matters into my own hands!

  • 1 Sam 29:8
    73%

    8But David said to Achish,“What have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day that I first came into your presence until the present time, that I shouldn’t go and fight the enemies of my lord the king?”

  • 2 Sam 19:22
    73%

    22But David said,“What do we have in common, you sons of Zeruiah? You are like my enemy today! Should anyone be put to death in Israel today? Don’t I know that today I am king over Israel?”

  • 1 Chr 17:18
    73%

    18What more can David say to you? You have honored your servant; you have given your servant special recognition.

  • 1 Sam 17:31
    73%

    31When David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, he called for him.

  • 1 Sam 25:30
    72%

    30The LORD will do for my lord everything that he promised you, and he will make you a leader over Israel.

  • 2 Sam 7:20
    72%

    20What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, O Sovereign LORD!

  • 1 Sam 24:13
    72%

    13It’s like the old proverb says:‘From evil people evil proceeds.’ But my hand will not be against you.

  • 1 Sam 30:23
    72%

    23But David said,“No! You shouldn’t do this, my brothers. Look at what the LORD has given us! He has protected us and has delivered into our hands the raiding party that came against us.

  • 1 Sam 22:8
    72%

    8For all of you have conspired against me! No one informs me when my own son makes an agreement with this son of Jesse! Not one of you feels sorry for me or informs me that my own son has commissioned my own servant to hide in ambush against me, as is the case today!”

  • 1 Chr 12:17
    72%

    17David went out to meet them and said,“If you come to me in peace and want to help me, then I will make an alliance with you. But if you come to betray me to my enemies when I have not harmed you, may the God of our ancestors take notice and judge!”

  • 2 Sam 1:14
    72%

    14David replied to him,“How is it that you were not afraid to reach out your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”