1 Samuel 24:11

God's Word

My master, look at this! The border of your robe is in my hand! Since I cut off the border of your robe and didn’t kill you, you should know and be able to see I mean no harm or rebellion. I haven’t sinned against you, but you are trying to ambush me in order to take my life.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:14

David asked, “Why weren’t you afraid to take it upon yourself to destroy the Lord’s anointed king?”

2 Kings 5:13

But Naaman’s servants went to him and said, “Master, if the prophet had asked you to do some extraordinary act, wouldn’t you have done it? Why shouldn’t you do as he said: ‘Wash and be clean’?”

Job 10:16

Like a proud, ferocious lion you hunt me down. You keep working your miracles against me.

Psalm 119:161

Influential people have persecuted me for no reason, but it is only your words that fill my heart with terror.

Psalm 140:11

Do not let slanderers prosper on earth. Let evil hunt down violent people with one blow after another.

Psalm 35:7

For no reason they hid their net in a pit. For no reason they dug the pit ⌞to trap me⌟.

Psalm 59:3

They lie in ambush for me right here! Fierce men attack me, O Lord, but not because of any disobedience,

Psalm 7:5

then let the enemy chase me and catch me. Let him trample my life into the ground. Let him lay my honor in the dust. Selah

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle answer turns away rage, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Lamentations 4:18

⌞The enemy⌟ kept tracking us down, so we couldn’t even go out into the streets. Our end was near. Our time was up. Our end had come.

Ezekiel 13:18

“Tell them, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: How horrible it will be for women who sew magic charms for people’s wrists and make magic veils of every size for people’s heads. You want to trap people. You want to control the lives of my people for your own profit.

Micah 7:2

Faithful people are gone from the earth, and no one is decent. All people lie in ambush to commit murder. They trap each other with nets.

John 15:25

In this way what is written in their Scriptures has come true: ‘They hate me for no reason.’

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I am. Testify against me in front of the Lord and in front of his anointed king. Did I take anyone’s ox? Did I take anyone’s donkey? Did I cheat or oppress anyone? Did I take a bribe from anyone to look the other way? ⌞If so,⌟ I will give it all back.”

1 Samuel 18:27

David and his men went out and struck down 200 Philistines. David brought the foreskins, and they counted them out for the king so that David could become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him his daughter Michal as his wife.

1 Samuel 23:14

David lived in fortified camps in the desert, and he lived in fortified camps in the mountains of the desert of Ziph. Saul was always searching for him, but God didn’t let him capture David.

1 Samuel 23:23

Watch and learn about all the hiding places where he may be hiding, and come back to me with the facts. Then I’ll go with you, and if he’s in the country, I’ll search for him among all the families of Judah.”

1 Samuel 25:28

Please forgive my offense. The Lord will certainly give you, sir, a lasting dynasty, because you are fighting the Lord’s battles. May evil never be found in you as long as you live.

1 Samuel 26:18

“Why are you pursuing me?” he added. “What have I done? What crime have I committed?

1 Samuel 26:20

Don’t let my blood fall to the ground, away from the Lord’s presence. The king of Israel has come to search for one flea like someone hunting a partridge in the hills.”

1 Samuel 26:23

The Lord will reward any person who is righteous and faithful. The Lord handed you over to me today, but I refused to attack the Lord’s anointed king.