1 Samuel 24:9

Modern English Version

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men saying, ‘Behold, David seeks your harm’?

Cross References

Psalm 101:5

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him will I destroy; whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart, him will I not endure.

Psalm 141:6

Their judges are thrown over the sides of the cliff, and they hear my words, for they are pleasant.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

Proverbs 17:4

An evildoer listens to lying lips, and a liar listens to a spiteful tongue.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a slanderer are like tasty morsels; they go down into the innermost parts of the heart.

Proverbs 25:23

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

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates those that are crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.

Jeremiah 37:18

Moreover Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or against your servants or against this people that you have put me in prison?

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, nor shall you stand by while the life of your neighbor is in danger: I am the Lord.

James 3:6

The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. The tongue is among the parts of the body, defiling the whole body, and setting the course of nature on fire, and it is set on fire by hell.

1 Samuel 20:1

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

1 Samuel 20:41

When the boy had gone, David rose from the south side of the stone, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times. They kissed one another and wept together, but David wept more.

1 Samuel 24:10

Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the Lord delivered you today into my hand in the cave. So that some said to kill you, but my eye had compassion on you. And I said, ‘I will not put forth my hand against my lord, for he is anointed of the Lord.’

1 Samuel 24:8

David arose afterward and went out from the cave. And he called after Saul saying, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked behind him, David had bowed down with his face to the ground and paid homage.

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 26:19

Now please let my lord king hear the words of his servant. If the Lord has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering. But if it was the sons of men, cursed are they before the Lord. For they have driven me today from having a share in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’