1 Samuel 24:11

New Century Version

My father, look at this piece of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe, but I didn’t kill you. Now understand and know I am not planning any evil against you. I did nothing wrong to you, but you are hunting me to kill me.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:14

David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to kill the Lord’s appointed king?”

2 Kings 5:13

Naaman’s servants came near and said to him, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, wouldn’t you have done it? Doesn’t it make more sense just to do it? After all, he only told you, ‘Wash, and you will be clean.’ ”

Job 10:16

If I hold up my head, you hunt me like a lion and again show your terrible power against me.

Psalm 119:161

Leaders attack me for no reason, but I fear your law in my heart.

Psalm 140:11

Don’t let liars settle in the land. Let evil quickly hunt down cruel people.

Psalm 35:7

For no reason they spread out their net to trap me; for no reason they dug a pit for me.

Psalm 59:3

Look, they are waiting to ambush me. Cruel people attack me, but I have not sinned or done wrong, Lord.

Psalm 7:5

If I have, let my enemy chase me and capture me. Let him trample me into the dust and bury me in the ground.Selah

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle answer will calm a person’s anger, but an unkind answer will cause more anger.

Lamentations 4:18

Our enemies hunted us, so we could not even walk in the streets. Our end is near. Our time is up. Our end has come.

Ezekiel 13:18

Say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: How terrible it will be for women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils of every length to trap people! You ruin the lives of my people but try to save your own lives.

Micah 7:2

All of the faithful people are gone; there is not one good person left in this country. Everyone is waiting to kill someone; everyone is trying to trap someone else.

John 15:25

But this happened so that what is written in their law would be true: ‘They hated me for no reason.’

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I am. If I have done anything wrong, you must testify against me before the Lord and his appointed king. Did I steal anyone’s ox or donkey? Did I hurt or cheat anyone? Did I ever secretly accept money to pretend not to see something wrong? If I did any of these things, I will make it right.”

1 Samuel 18:27

So he and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. David brought all their foreskins to Saul so he could be the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him his daughter Michal for his wife.

1 Samuel 23:14

David stayed in the desert hideouts and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph. Every day Saul looked for David, but the Lord did not surrender David to him.

1 Samuel 23:23

Find all the hiding places he uses, and come back and tell me everything. Then I’ll go with you. If David is in the area, I will track him down among all the families in Judah.”

1 Samuel 25:28

Please forgive my wrong. The Lord will certainly let your family have many kings, because you fight his battles. As long as you live, may you do nothing bad.

1 Samuel 26:18

David also said, “Why are you chasing me, my master? What wrong have I done? What evil am I guilty of?

1 Samuel 26:20

Now don’t let me die far away from the Lord’s presence. The king of Israel has come out looking for a flea! You’re just hunting a bird in the mountains!”

1 Samuel 26:23

The Lord rewards us for the things we do right and for our loyalty to him. The Lord handed you over to me today, but I wouldn’t harm the Lord’s appointed king.