1 Samuel 24:16

World English Bible (2000)

It came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 26:17 : 17 Saul knew David's voice, and said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" David said, "It is my voice, my lord, O king."
  • Job 6:25 : 25 How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?
  • Prov 15:1 : 1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
  • Prov 25:11 : 11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
  • Luke 21:15 : 15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.
  • Acts 6:10 : 10 They weren't able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.
  • Gen 33:4 : 4 Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.

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  • 1 Sam 26:17-18
    2 verses
    86%

    17 Saul knew David's voice, and said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" David said, "It is my voice, my lord, O king."

    18 He said, "Why does my lord pursue after his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?

  • 1 Sam 24:7-11
    5 verses
    80%

    7 So David checked his men with these words, and didn't allow them to rise against Saul. Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

    8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, "My lord the king!" When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance.

    9 David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to men's words, saying, 'Behold, David seeks your hurt?'

    10 Behold, this day your eyes have seen how that Yahweh had delivered you today into my hand in the cave. Some urged me to kill you; but I spared you; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is Yahweh's anointed.

    11 Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and didn't kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it.

  • 1 Sam 24:17
    79%

    17 He said to David, "You are more righteous than I; for you have done good to me, whereas I have done evil to you.

  • 1 Sam 17:31
    78%

    31 When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

  • 1 Sam 26:25
    78%

    25 Then Saul said to David, "You are blessed, my son David. You shall both do mightily, and shall surely prevail." So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

  • 2 Sam 1:16-17
    2 verses
    78%

    16 David said to him, "Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have slain Yahweh's anointed.'"

    17 David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son

  • 1 Sam 24:15
    78%

    15 May Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand."

  • 1 Sam 26:21-22
    2 verses
    78%

    21 Then Saul said, "I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly."

    22 David answered, "Behold the spear, O king! Then let one of the young men come over and get it.

  • 1 Sam 18:24
    77%

    24 The servants of Saul told him, saying, "David spoke like this."

  • 1 Sam 24:21-22
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    76%

    21 Swear now therefore to me by Yahweh, that you will not cut off my seed after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father's house."

    22 David swore to Saul. Saul went home; but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

  • 2 Sam 13:36
    76%

    36 It happened, as soon as he had finished speaking, that behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice, and wept. The king also and all his servants wept bitterly.

  • 1 Sam 23:21
    76%

    21 Saul said, "You are blessed by Yahweh; for you have had compassion on me.

  • 1 Sam 24:3-5
    3 verses
    76%

    3 He came to the sheep pens by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were abiding in the innermost parts of the cave.

    4 The men of David said to him, "Behold, the day of which Yahweh said to you, 'Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.'" Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe secretly.

    5 It happened afterward, that David's heart struck him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

  • 2 Sam 1:4
    75%

    4 David said to him, "How did it go? Please tell me." He answered, "The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people also have fallen and are dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also."

  • 1 Sam 18:1
    75%

    1 It happened, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

  • 1 Sam 17:58
    75%

    58 Saul said to him, "Whose son are you, you young man?" David answered, "I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite."

  • 1 Sam 20:41
    74%

    41 As soon as the boy was gone, David arose out of [a place] toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times. They kissed one another, and wept one with another, and David wept the most.

  • 2 Sam 22:1
    74%

    1 David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:

  • 1 Sam 16:21-23
    3 verses
    74%

    21 David came to Saul, and stood before him. He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.

    22 Saul sent to Jesse, saying, "Please let David stand before me; for he has found favor in my sight."

    23 It happened, when the [evil] spirit from God was on Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

  • 1 Sam 28:17
    74%

    17 Yahweh has done to you as he spoke by me. Yahweh has torn the kingdom out of your hand, and given it to your neighbor, even to David.

  • 1 Sam 22:8
    74%

    8 that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none who discloses to me when my son makes a treaty with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you who is sorry for me, or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?"

  • 1 Sam 24:1
    74%

    1 It happened, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, "Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi."

  • 1 Sam 11:4
    74%

    4 Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

  • 1 Sam 23:10
    73%

    10 Then David said, "O Yahweh, the God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

  • 1 Sam 22:13
    73%

    13 Saul said to him, "Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?"

  • 1 Sam 30:4
    73%

    4 Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

  • 1 Sam 19:1
    73%

    1 Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David.

  • 1 Sam 18:22
    73%

    22 Saul commanded his servants, "Talk with David secretly, and say, 'Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.'"

  • 1 Sam 20:32
    73%

    32 Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, "Why should he be put to death? What has he done?"

  • 1 Sam 16:19
    73%

    19 Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, "Send me David your son, who is with the sheep."

  • 2 Sam 1:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 They mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

    13 David said to the young man who told him, "Where are you from?" He answered, "I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite."

  • 1 Sam 15:24
    73%

    24 Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Yahweh, and your words, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

  • 1 Sam 18:18
    73%

    18 David said to Saul, "Who am I, and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?"

  • 1 Sam 27:1
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    1 David said in his heart, "I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So shall I escape out of his hand."

  • 2 Sam 18:33
    73%

    33 The king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate, and wept. As he went, he said, "My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died for you, Absalom, my son, my son!"

  • 2 Sam 19:4
    72%

    4 The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, "My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!"

  • 1 Sam 17:29
    72%

    29 David said, "What have I now done? Is there not a cause?"