1 Samuel 24:9

New King James Version

And David said to Saul: “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Indeed David seeks your harm’?

Cross References

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler pays attention to lies, All his servants become wicked.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it, And a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 25:23

The north wind brings forth rain, And a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles, And they go down into the inmost body.

Proverbs 17:4

An evildoer gives heed to false lips; A liar listens eagerly to a spiteful tongue.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends.

Psalm 141:6

Their judges are overthrown by the sides of the cliff, And they hear my words, for they are sweet.

Psalm 101:5

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, Him I will destroy; The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart, Him I will not endure.

1 Samuel 26:19

Now therefore, please, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the Lord has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for they have driven me out this day from sharing in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go about as a talebearer among your people; nor shall you take a stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.

1 Samuel 20:1

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

1 Samuel 24:8

David also arose afterward, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, saying, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed down.

1 Samuel 24:10

Look, this day your eyes have seen that the Lord delivered you today into my hand in the cave, and someone urged me to kill you. But my eye spared you, and I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s anointed.’

1 Samuel 26:18

And he said, “Why does my lord thus pursue his servant? For what have I done, or what evil is in my hand?

Jeremiah 37:18

Moreover Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “What offense have I committed against you, against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

1 Samuel 20:41

As soon as the lad had gone, David arose from a place toward the south, fell on his face to the ground, and bowed down three times. And they kissed one another; and they wept together, but David more so.