1 Samuel 12:3 - Tree of Life Version

³ Here I am. Witness against me before Adonai and before His anointed. Whose ox have I taken or whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded or whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe to look the other way? I will restore it to you.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and Saul His anointed. Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded or oppressed? Or from whose hand have I received any bribe to blind my eyes? Tell me and I will restore it to you.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Here I am: witness against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

Common English Bible

³ So I’m here: Tell the truth about me in the presence of the LORD and his anointed. Have I ever stolen someone’s ox? Have I ever taken someone’s donkey? Have I ever oppressed or mistreated anyone? Have I ever taken bribes from someone and looked the other way about something? Tell me the truth. I will make it right.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Speak about me before the Lord, and before his Christ, as to whether I have taken anyone's ox or donkey, or whether I have falsely accused anyone, or whether I have oppressed anyone, or whether I have accepted a bribe from the hand of anyone, and I will repudiate the same, this day, and I will restore it to you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ Speak of me before the Lord, and before his anointed, whether I have taken any man's ox, or ass: If I have wronged any man: If I have oppressed any man: If I have taken a bribe at any man's hand: and I will despise it this day, and will restore it to you.

1 Samuel 12:3 Cross References

2 Samuel 22:22

For I kept the ways of Adonai, and did not turn wickedly from my God.

Nehemiah 5:11

Now, return to them this very day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves and their houses, as well as the hundredth that you have extracted from them on the money, the grain, the new wine, and the fresh oil.”

Psalm 15:5

who lends his money without usury, and takes no bribe against the innocent. One who does these things will never be shaken.

Exodus 20:17

“Do not covet your neighbor’s house, your neighbor’s wife, his manservant, his maidservant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”

Exodus 22:4

“If a man causes a field or vineyard to be eaten by letting his animal loose, and it feeds in another man’s field, then he is to make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

Exodus 23:8

Take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight, and perverts the words of the righteous.

Proverbs 15:27

One greedy for gain troubles his household, but whoever hates bribes will live.

Leviticus 6:4

Then he is to take off his garments, put on other ones, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place.

Leviticus 6:5

The fire on the altar is to be kept burning on it—it must not go out. Each morning the kohen is to burn wood on it, laying the burnt offering in order upon it, and burning up as smoke the fat of the fellowship offerings.

Numbers 16:15

Then Moses became very angry and said to Adonai, “Do not accept their offering. I haven’t taken from them a single donkey, nor have I wronged one of them!”

Matthew 22:21

“Caesar’s,” they said to Him. Then He said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

Luke 19:8

But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord. “Look, Master, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have somehow cheated anyone, I repay four times as much!”

Acts 20:33

I coveted no one’s silver or gold or clothing.

2 Corinthians 12:14

Look, I am ready to come to you this third time, and I will not burden you—for I seek not your possessions, but you! For the children are not obliged to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You are not to twist justice—you must not show partiality or take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous.

1 Thessalonians 2:10

You are witnesses, along with God, of how devoutly and righteously and blamelessly we behaved toward you who believe.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For as you know and God is witness, we never came with a word of flattery or a motive of greed—

1 Peter 5:2

shepherd God’s flock among you. Watch over it not under compulsion but willingly before God, not for dishonest gain but eagerly.

1 Samuel 10:1

Then Samuel took the vial of oil and poured it on his head. Then he kissed him and said, “Has Adonai not anointed you ruler over His inheritance?

1 Samuel 12:4

They replied, “You haven’t defrauded us or oppressed us or taken anything from anyone’s hand.”

1 Samuel 12:5

Then he said to them, “Adonai is then a witness against you, and His anointed is a witness this day that you have not found anything in my hand.” “He is a witness,” they replied.

1 Samuel 2:35

“Yet I will raise up for Myself a faithful kohen who will do according to what is in My heart and My mind. Then I will build him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one all the time.

1 Samuel 24:11

Moreover, my father, see! Yes, look at the corner of your robe in my hand! For in cutting off the corner of your robe, yet not killing you, you should know and realize that there is no evil or rebellion in my hand. I haven’t sinned against you, even though you are lying in wait for my life, to take it.

1 Samuel 24:6

So he said to his fellow men, “Adonai forbid that I should do such a thing to my lord, Adonai’s anointed, stretching out my hand against him—for he is Adonai’s anointed.”

1 Samuel 24:7

So David persuaded his fellow men with these words and did not let them rise against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.

1 Samuel 26:11

Adonai forbid that I should lay my hand on Adonai’s anointed! Now, just take the spear that is at his head and the water jar and let’s go.”

1 Samuel 26:9

But David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him! For who can lay his hand on Adonai’s anointed and be guiltless?”