1 Samuel 24:9

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Lev 19:16 : 16 "'You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people. "'You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.
  • 1 Sam 26:19 : 19 Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so that Yahweh has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, they are cursed before Yahweh; for they have driven me out this day that I shouldn't cling to Yahweh's inheritance, saying, 'Go, serve other gods!'
  • Ps 101:5 : 5 I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.
  • Ps 141:6 : 6 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.
  • Prov 16:28 : 28 A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.
  • Prov 17:4 : 4 An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
  • Prov 18:8 : 8 The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person's innermost parts.
  • Prov 25:23 : 23 The north wind brings forth rain: so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.
  • Prov 26:20-22 : 20 For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down. 21 As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife. 22 The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.
  • Prov 26:28 : 28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
  • Prov 29:12 : 12 If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked.
  • Eccl 7:21-22 : 21 Also don't take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you; 22 for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

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    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 24:3-8
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    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.

    6 He 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."

    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.

  • 1 Sam 18:24
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    24 The servants of Saul told him, saying, "David spoke like this."

  • 1 Sam 17:31-32
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    31 When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

    32 David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine."

  • 1 Sam 26:17-18
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    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 23:9-12
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    9 David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod here."

    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.

    11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? Yahweh, the God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant." Yahweh said, "He will come down."

    12 Then David said, "Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?" Yahweh said, "They will deliver you up."

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    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."

    16 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.

    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 22:13
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    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?"

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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."

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    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.

    2 Jonathan told David, saying, "Saul my father seeks to kill you. Now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in a secret place, and hide yourself.

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

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

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    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."

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

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    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.'"

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    17 Saul said to Michal, "Why have you deceived me thus, and let my enemy go, so that he is escaped?" Michal answered Saul, "He said to me, 'Let me go! Why should I kill you?'"

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    25 Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told, he went down to the rock, and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard [that], he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

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    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?"

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    23 Stay with me, don't be afraid; for he who seeks my life seeks your life. For with me you shall be in safeguard."