1 Samuel 24:9

A Conservative Version

And David said to Saul, Why do thou hearken to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks thy hurt?

Cross References

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler hearkens to falsehood, all his servants are wicked.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Thus, the tongue is made to lead among our body-parts, defiling the whole body, and setting the cycle of nature on fire, and being set on fire by hell.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates those whom it has wounded, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 25:23

The north wind brings forth rain. So does a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts.

Proverbs 17:4

An evil-doer gives heed to wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse man scatters abroad strife, and a whisperer separates chief friends.

Psalm 141:6

Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. And they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.

Psalm 101:5

He who slanders his neighbor secretly, him I will destroy. He who has a high look and a proud heart I will not endure.

1 Samuel 26:19

Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it be LORD who has stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering, but if it be the sons of men, cursed be they before LORD. For they have d

Leviticus 19:16

Thou shall not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people, neither shall thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor. I am LORD.

1 Samuel 20:1

And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? What is my iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeks my life?

1 Samuel 24:8

David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance.

1 Samuel 24:10

Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that LORD had delivered thee today into my hand in the cave. And some bade me kill thee, but [I] spared thee. And I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord, for he is LORD's anoi

1 Samuel 26:18

And he said, Why does my lord pursue after his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?

Jeremiah 37:18

Moreover Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, How have I sinned against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

1 Samuel 20:41

And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of [a place] toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times. And they kissed each other, and wept one with another until David surpassed [him].