1 Samuel 24:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of those who say, ‘David seeks to do you harm’?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ And David said to Saul, Why do you listen to the words of men who say, David seeks to do you harm?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearkenest thou to men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

Common English Bible

⁹ David said to Saul, “Why do you listen when people say, ‘David wants to ruin you’?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Then David also rose up after him. And departing from the cave, he cried out behind the back of Saul, saying: "My lord, the king!" And Saul looked behind him. And David, bowing himself face down to the ground, reverenced.

1 Samuel 24:9 Cross References

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler listens to falsehood, all his officials will be wicked.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 25:23

The north wind produces rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

Proverbs 17:4

An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse person spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

Psalm 141:6

When they are given over to those who shall condemn them, then they shall learn that my words were pleasant.

Psalm 101:5

One who secretly slanders a neighbor I will destroy. A haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not tolerate.

1 Samuel 26:19

Now, therefore, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who has stirred you up against me, may he accept an offering, but if it is mortals, may they be cursed before the Lord, for they have driven me out today from my share in the heritage of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand idly by when the blood of your neighbor is at stake: I am the Lord.

1 Samuel 20:1

David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came before Jonathan and said, “What have I done? What is my guilt? And what is my sin against your father that he is trying to take my life?”

1 Samuel 24:8

Afterward David also rose up and went out of the cave and called after Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the ground and did obeisance.

1 Samuel 24:10

This very day your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you into my hand in the cave, and some urged me to kill you, but I spared you. I said, ‘I will not raise my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s anointed.’

1 Samuel 26:18

And he added, “Why does my lord pursue his servant? For what have I done? What guilt is on my hands?

Jeremiah 37:18

Jeremiah also said to King Zedekiah, “What wrong have I done to you or your servants or this people, that you have put me in prison?

1 Samuel 20:41

As soon as the boy had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. He bowed three times, and they kissed each other and wept with each other; David wept the more.