1 Samuel 24:18

Good News Translation

Today you have shown how good you are to me, because you did not kill me, even though the Lord put me in your power.

Cross References

Genesis 38:26

Judah recognized them and said, “She is in the right. I have failed in my obligation to her—I should have given her to my son Shelah in marriage.” And Judah never had intercourse with her again.

Psalm 31:8

You have not let my enemies capture me; you have given me freedom to go where I wish.

Psalm 7:5

then let my enemies pursue me and catch me, let them cut me down and kill me and leave me lifeless on the ground!

Proverbs 25:22

You will make them burn with shame, and the Lord will reward you.

1 Samuel 23:12

“And will the citizens of Keilah hand my men and me over to Saul?” David asked again. “They will,” the Lord answered.

1 Samuel 23:7

Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, and he said, “God has put him in my power. David has trapped himself by going into a walled town with fortified gates.”

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 24:19

How often does someone catch an enemy and then let him get away unharmed? The Lord bless you for what you have done to me today!

1 Samuel 26:23

The Lord rewards those who are faithful and righteous. Today he put you in my power, but I did not harm you, whom the Lord made king.

1 Samuel 26:8

Abishai said to David, “God has put your enemy in your power tonight. Now let me plunge his own spear through him and pin him to the ground with just one blow—I won't have to strike twice!”