1 Samuel 24:9

New International Reader's Version

He said to Saul, “Why do you listen when men say, ‘David is trying to harm you’?

Cross References

Psalm 101:5

I will get rid of anyone who tells lies about their neighbor in secret. I won’t put up with anyone whose eyes and heart are proud.

Psalm 141:6

When their rulers are thrown down from the rocky cliffs, those evil people will realize that my words were true.

Proverbs 16:28

A twisted person stirs up conflict. Anyone who talks about others separates close friends.

Proverbs 17:4

Evil people listen to lies. Lying people listen to evil.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of anyone who talks about others are like tasty bites of food. They go deep down inside you.

Proverbs 25:23

Like a north wind that brings rain you didn’t expect is a crafty tongue that brings looks of shock.

Proverbs 26:28

A tongue that tells lies hates the people it hurts. And words that seem to praise you destroy you.

Proverbs 29:12

If rulers listen to lies, all their officials become evil.

Jeremiah 37:18

Then Jeremiah continued, “Why have you put me in prison? What crime have I committed against you? What have I done to your attendants or these people?

Leviticus 19:16

“ ‘Do not go around spreading lies among your people. “ ‘Do not do anything that puts your neighbor’s life in danger. I am the Lord.

James 3:6

The tongue is also a fire. The tongue is the most evil part of the body. It makes the whole body impure. It sets a person’s whole way of life on fire. And the tongue itself is set on fire by hell.

1 Samuel 20:1

David was in Naioth at Ramah. He ran away from there to where Jonathan was. He asked him, “What have I done? What crime have I committed? I haven’t done anything to harm your father. So why is he trying to kill me?”

1 Samuel 20:41

After the boy had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone. He bowed down in front of Jonathan with his face to the ground. He did it three times. Then they kissed each other and cried. But David cried more than Jonathan did.

1 Samuel 24:10

This day you have seen with your own eyes how the Lord handed you over to me in the cave. Some of my men begged me to kill you. But I didn’t. I said, ‘I will never lay my hand on my master. He is the Lord’s anointed king.’

1 Samuel 24:8

Then David went out of the cave. He called out to Saul, “King Saul! My master!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down. He lay down flat with his face toward the ground.

1 Samuel 26:18

He continued, “Why are you chasing me? What evil thing have I done? What am I guilty of?

1 Samuel 26:19

King Saul, please listen to what I’m saying. Was it the Lord who made you angry with me? If it was, may he accept my offering. Was it people who made you angry at me? If it was, may the Lord see them cursed. They have driven me today from my share of the Lord’s land. By doing that, they might as well have said, ‘Go and serve other gods.’