1 Samuel 24:11

Modern English Version

See, my father! Look at the corner of your robe in my hand. Indeed, I cut off the corner of your robe, but I did not kill you. Observe and see that there is no evil or rebellion in my hand. I have not sinned against you, but you are lying in wait for my life to take it.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:14

David said to him, “How is it that you did not fear raising your hand to destroy the anointed of the Lord?”

2 Kings 5:13

But his servants approached and spoke to him, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more when he said to you, ‘Wash and be clean’?”

Job 10:16

For if my head is lifted up, You would hunt me like a lion, and again You show Yourself marvelous to me.

Psalm 119:161

Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your word.

Psalm 140:11

Let not a slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Psalm 35:7

For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit, which they have dug without cause for my life.

Psalm 59:3

For behold, they lie in wait for my life; the mighty gather against me, not for my transgression nor for my sin, O  Lord.

Psalm 7:5

then may the enemy pursue my life and overtake me; may my enemy trample my life to the ground, and lay my honor in the dust.   Selah

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Lamentations 4:18

They tracked our steps so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near; our days were numbered, for our end had come.

Ezekiel 13:18

and say, Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the women who sew magic bands on all wrists and make veils on the heads of persons of every stature to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of My people but save the souls alive of others for yourselves?

Micah 7:2

The godly has perished from the earth, and no one is upright among men. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; each hunts his brother with a net.

John 15:25

But that the word which is written in their law might be fulfilled, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’

1 Samuel 12:3

Behold, here I am. Witness against me before the Lord and before His anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I received any bribe to blind my eyes with? Indeed I will restore it to you.”

1 Samuel 18:27

therefore David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins and they gave them in full to the king, that he might be the king’s son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter for a wife.

1 Samuel 23:14

And David remained in the wilderness in strongholds, and dwelt in mountains in the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.

1 Samuel 23:23

So look and learn about all the hiding places where he hides himself. And come to me with certainty, and I will go with you. And it will be that if he is in the land, then I will track him throughout all the clans of Judah.”

1 Samuel 25:28

“Please forgive the transgression of your handmaid, for the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of the Lord, and evil will not be found in you all your days.

1 Samuel 26:18

He said, “Why is my lord pursuing after his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?

1 Samuel 26:20

Now do not let my blood fall to the ground away from the presence of the Lord. Truly the king of Israel has come out to seek a single flea, as when one pursues a partridge in the mountains.”

1 Samuel 26:23

The Lord requites to every man his right conduct and loyalty. So the Lord gave you into my hand today, but I am not willing to stretch my hand against the Lord’s anointed.