1 Samuel 24:14

New American Bible - revised edition

As the old proverb says, ‘From the wicked comes wickedness.’ Thus I will not lay a hand on you.

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:9

Abishai, son of Zeruiah, said to the king: “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head.”

2 Samuel 3:8

Enraged at the words of Ishbaal, Abner said, “Am I a dog’s head from Judah? As of today, I have been loyal to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers and his friends, and I have kept you out of David’s clutches; and today you charge me with a crime involving a woman!

2 Samuel 6:20

When David went home to bless his own house, Michal, the daughter of Saul, came out to meet him and said, “How well the king of Israel has honored himself today, exposing himself to the view of the slave girls of his followers, as a commoner might expose himself!”

2 Samuel 9:8

Bowing low, he answered, “What am I, your servant, that you should pay attention to a dead dog like me?”

1 Kings 21:7

Jezebel his wife said to him, “What a king of Israel you are! Get up! Eat and be cheerful. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

Hosea 10:13

But you have plowed wickedness, reaped perversity, and eaten the fruit of falsehood. Because you have trusted in your own power, and in your many warriors,

1 Samuel 17:43

He said to David, “Am I a dog that you come against me with a staff?” Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods

1 Samuel 26:20

Do not let my blood spill on the ground far from the presence of the Lord. For the king of Israel has come out to seek a single flea as if he were hunting partridge in the mountains.”