1 Samuel 24:18

New American Bible - revised edition

Saul then admitted to David: “You are more in the right than I am. You have treated me graciously, while I have treated you badly.

Cross References

Genesis 38:26

Judah recognized them and said, “She is in the right rather than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” He had no further sexual relations with her.

Psalm 31:8

I will rejoice and be glad in your mercy, once you have seen my misery, [and] gotten to know the distress of my soul.

Psalm 7:5

If I have maltreated someone treating me equitably— or even despoiled my oppressor without cause—

Proverbs 25:22

For live coals you will heap on their heads, and the Lord will vindicate you.

1 Samuel 23:12

David then asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?” The Lord answered: They will deliver you.

1 Samuel 23:7

When Saul was told that David had entered Keilah, he thought: “God has put him in my hand, for he has boxed himself in by entering a city with gates and bars.”

1 Samuel 24:10

and asked Saul: “Why do you listen to those who say, ‘David is trying to harm you’?

1 Samuel 24:19

You have declared this day how you treated me graciously: the Lord delivered me into your hand and you did not kill me.

1 Samuel 26:23

The Lord repays everyone’s righteousness and faithfulness. Although the Lord delivered you into my hands today, I could not lay a hand on the Lord’s anointed.

1 Samuel 26:8

Abishai whispered to David: “God has delivered your enemy into your hand today. Let me nail him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I will not need to strike him twice!”