1 Samuel 24:9

Good News Translation (US Version)

and said, “Why do you listen to people who say that I am trying to harm you?

Cross References

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler pays attention to false information, all his officials will be liars.

James 3:6

And the tongue is like a fire. It is a world of wrong, occupying its place in our bodies and spreading evil through our whole being. It sets on fire the entire course of our existence with the fire that comes to it from hell itself.

Proverbs 26:28

You have to hate someone to want to hurt him with lies. Insincere talk brings nothing but ruin.

Proverbs 25:23

Gossip brings anger just as surely as the north wind brings rain.

Proverbs 18:8

Gossip is so tasty—how we love to swallow it!

Proverbs 17:4

Evil people listen to evil ideas, and liars listen to lies.

Proverbs 16:28

Gossip is spread by wicked people; they stir up trouble and break up friendships.

Psalm 141:6

When their rulers are thrown down from rocky cliffs, the people will admit that my words were true.

Psalm 101:5

I will get rid of anyone who whispers evil things about someone else; I will not tolerate anyone who is proud and arrogant.

1 Samuel 26:19

Your Majesty, listen to what I have to say. If it is the Lord who has turned you against me, an offering to him will make him change his mind; but if some people have done it, may the Lord's curse fall on them. For they have driven me out from the Lord's land to a country where I can only worship foreign gods.

Leviticus 19:16

Do not spread lies about anyone, and when someone is on trial for his life, speak out if your testimony can help him. I am the Lord.

1 Samuel 20:1

Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah and went to Jonathan. “What have I done?” he asked. “What crime have I committed? What wrong have I done to your father to make him want to kill me?”

1 Samuel 24:8

Then David went out after him and called to him, “Your Majesty!” Saul turned around, and David bowed down to the ground in respect

1 Samuel 24:10

You can see for yourself that just now in the cave the Lord put you in my power. Some of my men told me to kill you, but I felt sorry for you and said that I would not harm you in the least, because you are the one whom the Lord chose to be king.

1 Samuel 26:18

And he added, “Why, sir, are you still pursuing me, your servant? What have I done? What crime have I committed?

Jeremiah 37:18

Then I asked, “What crime have I committed against you or your officials or this people, to make you put me in prison?

1 Samuel 20:41

After the boy had left, David got up from behind the pile of stones, fell on his knees and bowed with his face to the ground three times. Both he and Jonathan were crying as they kissed each other; David's grief was even greater than Jonathan's.