1 Samuel 27:11

Modern English Version

Now David would leave neither a man nor a woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, “Lest they should tell on us, saying, ‘Thus David has done.’ ” This was his practice all the days which he lived in the country of the Philistines.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:19

Truthful lips will endure forever, but a lying tongue will endure for a moment.

Proverbs 29:25

The fear of man brings a snare, but he who trusts in the Lord will be safe.

Jeremiah 41:4

On the day after he had slain Gedaliah, when no one knew it,

1 Samuel 22:22

David said to Abiathar, “I knew it that day when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I have caused the death of all the persons of your father’s house.

1 Samuel 27:10

Then Achish would say, “Where have you made a raid today?” And David would say, “Against the Negev of Judah,” or “Against the Negev of the Jerahmeelites,” or “Against the Negev of the Kenites.”

1 Samuel 27:12

And Achish believed David, saying, “He has surely become a stench to his people Israel. Therefore he will be my servant forever.”

1 Samuel 30:2

They had taken as captives all the women who were there. They did not kill anyone, but carried them off and went on their way.