1 Samuel 24:10

New American Standard Bible 2020

Behold, this day your eyes have seen that the Lord had handed you over to me today in the cave, and someone said to kill you, but I spared you; and I said, ‘I will not reach out with my hand against my lord, because he is the Lord’s anointed.’

Cross References

Psalm 105:15

“Do not touch My anointed ones, And do not harm My prophets.”

Psalm 125:3

For the scepter of wickedness will not rest upon the land of the righteous, So that the righteous will not extend their hands to do wrong.

Psalm 7:3

¶O Lord my God, if I have done this, If there is injustice in my hands,

Psalm 7:4

If I have done evil to my friend, Or have plundered my enemy for no reason,

Exodus 21:13

Yet if he did not lie in wait for him, but God caused him to fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place to which he may flee.

Ezekiel 22:9

Slanderous men have been among you for the purpose of shedding blood, and among you they have eaten at the mountain shrines. In your midst they have committed outrageous sin.

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people; and you are not to jeopardize the life of your neighbor. I am the Lord.

1 Samuel 24:4

Then David’s men said to him, “Behold, this is the day of which the Lord said to you, ‘Behold; I am about to hand your enemy over to you, and you shall do to him as it seems good to you.’ ” Then David got up and cut off the edge of Saul’s robe secretly.

1 Samuel 24:9

And David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Behold, David is seeking to harm you’?