1 Samuel 27:11

New American Standard Bible 2020

And David did not leave a man or a woman alive to bring to Gath, saying, “Otherwise they will tell about us, saying, ‘This is what David has done, and this has been his practice all the time that he has lived in the country of the Philistines.’ ”

Cross References

Proverbs 12:19

Truthful lips will endure forever, But a lying tongue is only for a moment.

Proverbs 29:25

The fear of man brings a snare, But one who trusts in the Lord will be protected.

Jeremiah 41:4

Now it happened on the next day after the killing of Gedaliah, when no one knew about it,

1 Samuel 22:22

Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would certainly tell Saul. I myself have turned against every person in your father’s household.

1 Samuel 27:10

Now Achish said, “Where did you carry out an attack today?” And David said, “Against the Negev of Judah, against the Negev of the Jerahmeelites, and against the Negev of the Kenites.”

1 Samuel 27:12

So Achish believed David, saying, “He has undoubtedly made himself repulsive among his people Israel; therefore he will become my servant forever.”

1 Samuel 30:2

and they took captive the women and all who were in it, from the small to the great, without killing anyone, and drove them off and went their way.