1 Samuel 24:9 - Tree of Life Version

⁹ Then David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words saying: ‘Look, David intends 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ And David also rose up after him: and going out of the cave cried after Saul, saying: My lord the king. And Saul looked behind him: and David, bowing himself down to the ground, worshipped,

1 Samuel 24:9 Cross References

Psalm 101:5

Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret —him I will silence. Who has haughty eyes and a proud heart —him I will not tolerate.

Psalm 141:6

Their judges are thrown down from a cliff. Then they will hear my words, since they are sweet.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse person sows strife, and a gossip separates close friends.

Proverbs 17:4

An evildoer listens to wicked lips; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a gossip are tasty morsels, going down into one’s innermost being.

Proverbs 25:23

A north wind brings rain, and a backbiting tongue angry faces.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler listens to lies, all his servants will be wicked.

Jeremiah 37:18

Moreover Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah: “How have I sinned against you or against your servants or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

Leviticus 19:16

“You are not to go up and down as a talebearer among your people. You are not to endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Adonai.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is a world of evil placed among our body parts. It pollutes the whole body and sets on fire the course of life—and is set on fire by Gehenna.

1 Samuel 20:1

Then David fled from Naioth at Ramah, came before Jonathan and said, “What have I done? What is my crime? What is my sin against your father that he should be seeking my life?”

1 Samuel 20:41

As soon as the lad was gone, David emerged from the south side and fell on his face to the ground and bowed down three times. Then they kissed each other and wept together, though David wept more.

1 Samuel 24:10

Look, today your own eyes should see how Adonai delivered you today into my hand, in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but my eye had pity on you, and I said: ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is Adonai’s anointed.’

1 Samuel 24:8

David also rose afterward, went out of the cave, and called out after Saul saying, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth and prostrated himself.

1 Samuel 26:18

then added, “Yet why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?

1 Samuel 26:19

Now please, let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant. If Adonai has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering. But if men have done so, then cursed are they before Adonai, because they have now driven me out that I would not cling to Adonai’s inheritance, saying: ‘Go, worship other gods.’