1 Samuel 24:10

New Century Version

You have seen something with your own eyes today. The Lord put you in my power in the cave. They said I should kill you, but I was merciful. I said, ‘I won’t harm my master, because he is the Lord’s appointed king.’

Cross References

Psalm 105:15

He said, “Don’t touch my chosen people, and don’t harm my prophets.”

Psalm 125:3

The wicked will not rule over those who do right. If they did, the people who do right might use their power to do evil.

Psalm 7:3

Lord my God, what have I done? Have my hands done something wrong?

Psalm 7:4

Have I done wrong to my friend or stolen without reason from my enemy?

Exodus 21:13

But if a person kills someone accidentally, God allowed that to happen, so the person must go to a place I will choose.

Ezekiel 22:9

The men in you tell lies to cause the death of others. The people in you eat food offered to idols at the mountain places of worship, and they take part in sexual sins.

Leviticus 19:16

You must not spread false stories against other people, and you must not do anything that would put your neighbor’s life in danger. I am the Lord.

1 Samuel 24:4

The men said to David, “Today is the day the Lord spoke of when he said, ‘I will give your enemy over to you. Do anything you want with him.’ ” Then David crept up to Saul and quietly cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.

1 Samuel 24:9

He said to Saul, “Why do you listen when people say, ‘David wants to harm you’?