1 Samuel 24:5

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • 2 Sam 24:10 : 10 David's heart struck him after that he had numbered the people. David said to Yahweh, "I have sinned greatly in that which I have done. But now, Yahweh, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly."
  • 1 John 3:20-21 : 20 because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our hearts don't condemn us, we have boldness toward God;
  • 2 Sam 12:9 : 9 Why have you despised the word of Yahweh, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
  • 2 Kgs 22:19 : 19 because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before Yahweh, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you,' says Yahweh.

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  • 1 Sam 24:3-4
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    87%

    3He 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.

    4The 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.

  • 1 Sam 24:6-11
    6 verses
    78%

    6He said to his men, "Yahweh forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, Yahweh's anointed, to put forth my hand against him, since he is Yahweh's anointed."

    7So 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.

    8David 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.

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

    10Behold, 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.

    11Moreover, 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.

  • 2 Sam 1:10-11
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    76%

    10So I stood beside him, and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he had fallen. I took the crown that was on his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord."

    11Then David took hold on his clothes, and tore them; and likewise all the men who were with him.

  • 1 Sam 24:16-17
    2 verses
    76%

    16It 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.

    17He 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 18:24-25
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    75%

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

    25Saul said, "You shall tell David, 'The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies.'" Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

  • 2 Sam 24:10
    75%

    10David's heart struck him after that he had numbered the people. David said to Yahweh, "I have sinned greatly in that which I have done. But now, Yahweh, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly."

  • 1 Sam 15:27
    74%

    27As Samuel turned about to go away, Saul grabbed the skirt of his robe, and it tore.

  • 1 Sam 24:21-22
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    21Swear 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."

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

  • 1 Sam 19:5
    74%

    5for he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh worked a great victory for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?"

  • 2 Sam 1:14-17
    4 verses
    74%

    14David said to him, "How were you not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy Yahweh's anointed?"

    15David called one of the young men, and said, "Go near, and fall on him." He struck him, so that he died.

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

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

  • 1 Sam 31:4
    73%

    4Then Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me!" But his armor bearer would not; for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell on it.

  • 1 Sam 26:21-22
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    73%

    21Then 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."

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

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    73%

    57As David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 1 Sam 26:17
    73%

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

  • 1 Sam 27:1
    73%

    1David 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."

  • 1 Chr 10:4
    73%

    4Then Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me." But his armor bearer would not; for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell on it.

  • 2 Sam 1:1-2
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    72%

    1It happened after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag;

    2it happened on the third day, that behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn, and earth on his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

  • 1 Sam 19:10
    72%

    10Saul sought to pin David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he stuck the spear into the wall. David fled, and escaped that night.

  • 2 Sam 24:17
    72%

    17David spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, "Behold, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me, and against my father's house."

  • 1 Sam 17:31
    72%

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

  • 1 Sam 18:9
    72%

    9Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

  • 1 Sam 18:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11and Saul threw the spear; for he said, "I will pin David even to the wall!" David escaped from his presence twice.

    12Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him, and was departed from Saul.

  • 1 Sam 24:1
    71%

    1It 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 17:39
    71%

    39David strapped his sword on his clothing, and he tried to move; for he had not tested it. David said to Saul, "I can't go with these; for I have not tested them." David took them off.

  • 1 Sam 23:9-10
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    9David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod here."

    10Then 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.

  • 2 Sam 4:10
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    10when someone told me, 'Behold, Saul is dead,' thinking to have brought good news, I took hold of him, and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.

  • 1 Sam 21:9
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    9The priest said, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will take that, take it; for there is no other except that here." David said, "There is none like that. Give it to me."

  • 1 Sam 28:17
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    17Yahweh 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 19:15
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    15Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, "Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him."

  • 1 Sam 22:13
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    13Saul 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 17:54
    71%

    54David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.

  • 1 Sam 17:35
    71%

    35I went out after him, and struck him, and rescued it out of his mouth. When he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him.

  • 1 Sam 23:26
    71%

    26Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men to take them.