Verse 9

(24:10) And Dauid saide to Saul, Wherefore giuest thou an eare to mens words, that say, Behold, Dauid seeketh euill against thee?

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 19:16 : 16 Thou shalt not walke about with tales among thy people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.
  • 1 Sam 26:19 : 19 Now therefore, I beseech thee, let my lord the King heare the wordes of his seruant. If the Lord haue stirred thee vp against me, let him smel the sauour of a sacrifice: but if the children of men haue done it, cursed be they before the Lorde: for they haue cast me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the Lorde, saying, Goe, serue other gods.
  • Ps 101:5 : 5 Him that priuily slandereth his neighbour, wil I destroy: him that hath a proude looke and hie heart, I cannot suffer.
  • Ps 141:6 : 6 When their iudges shall be cast downe in stonie places, they shal heare my wordes, for they are sweete.
  • Prov 16:28 : 28 A frowarde person soweth strife: and a tale teller maketh diuision among princes.
  • Prov 17:4 : 4 The wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.
  • Prov 18:8 : 8 The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.
  • Prov 25:23 : 23 As the Northwinde driueth away the raine, so doeth an angry countenance the slandering tongue.
  • Prov 26:20-22 : 20 Without wood the fire is quenched, and without a talebearer strife ceaseth. 21 As ye cole maketh burning coles, & wood a fire, so the contentious man is apt to kindle strife. 22 The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.
  • Prov 26:28 : 28 A false tongue hateth the afflicted, and a flattering mouth causeth ruine.
  • Prov 29:12 : 12 Of a prince that hearkeneth to lyes, all his seruants are wicked.
  • Eccl 7:21-22 : 21 (7:23) Giue not thine heart also to all ye wordes that men speake, lest thou doe heare thy seruant cursing thee. 22 (7:24) For often times also thine heart knoweth that thou likewise hast cursed others.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is fire, yea, a worlde of wickednesse: so is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell.