1 Samuel 24:9

New American Standard Bible 2020

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

Cross References

Psalm 101:5

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

Psalm 141:6

Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock, And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse person spreads strife, And a slanderer separates close friends.

Proverbs 17:4

An evildoer listens to wicked lips; A liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a gossiper are like dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.

Proverbs 25:23

The north wind brings rain, And a gossiping tongue brings an angry face.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates those it crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler pays attention to falsehood, All his ministers become wicked.

Jeremiah 37:18

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

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.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, the very world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our body’s parts as that which defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.

1 Samuel 20:1

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

1 Samuel 20:41

When the boy was gone, David got up from the south side, then he fell on his face to the ground and bowed three times. And they kissed each other and wept together, until David wept immeasurably.

1 Samuel 24:10

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.’

1 Samuel 24:8

Afterward, however, David got up and went out of the cave, and called after Saul, saying, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the ground and prostrated himself.

1 Samuel 26:18

He also said, “Why then is my lord pursuing his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?

1 Samuel 26:19

Now then, please let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant. If the Lord has incited you against me, may He accept an offering; but if it is people, cursed are they before the Lord, because they have driven me out today so that I would have no share in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’