1 Samuel 24:9 - The Scriptures 1998

⁹ And Dawiḏ

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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

Psalm 101:5

Him who secretly slanders his neighbour I cut off; I do not tolerate one Who has a haughty look and a proud heart.

Psalm 141:6

Their judges have been thrown down By the sides of the rock, But they have heard my words, For they have been pleasant.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse man sends forth strife, And a whisperer separates intimate friends.

Proverbs 17:4

An evil-doer gives heed to wicked lips; A liar gives ear to a tongue of desire.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a slanderer are like delicacies, And they go down into the inner parts of the heart.

Proverbs 25:23

The north wind brings rain, And a secret tongue an enraged face.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler listens to lying words, All his servants become wrong.

Jeremiah 37:18

And Yirmeyahu said to Tsiḏ

Leviticus 19:16

‘Do not go slandering among your people. Do not stand against the blood of your neighbour. I am יהוה.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Among our members the tongue is set, the one defiling the entire body, and setting on fire the wheel of life, and it is set on fire by Gehenna.

1 Samuel 20:1

And Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 20:41

And as soon as the youth had gone, Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 24:10

“See, this day your eyes have seen that יהוה  gave you today into my hand in the cave, and one said to slay you. But my eye pardoned you, and I said, ‘I do not stretch out my hand against my master, for he is the anointed of יהוה.’

1 Samuel 24:8

And afterward Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 26:18

And he said, “Why is this that my master is pursuing his servant? For what have I done, or what evil is in my hand?

1 Samuel 26:19

“And now, please, let my master the sovereign hear the words of his servant: If יהוה  has moved you against me, let Him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, then they are cursed before יהוה, for they have driven me out today that I should not join myself to the inheritance of יהוה, saying, ‘Go, serve other mighty ones.’