Verse 9

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

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 19:16 : 16 "'You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people; neither shall you stand against the life{literally, "blood"} 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 be Yahweh that has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering: but if it be the children of men, cursed be they 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 evil-doer 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.{Gehenna is a name that describes a burning Hell with rotting bodies and unclean things in it}