1 Samuel 24:10

New Living Translation

This very day you can see with your own eyes it isn’t true. For the Lord placed you at my mercy back there in the cave. Some of my men told me to kill you, but I spared you. For I said, ‘I will never harm the king—he is the Lord’s anointed one.’

Cross References

Psalm 105:15

“Do not touch my chosen people, and do not hurt my prophets.”

Psalm 125:3

The wicked will not rule the land of the godly, for then the godly might be tempted to do wrong.

Psalm 7:3

O Lord my God, if I have done wrong or am guilty of injustice,

Psalm 7:4

if I have betrayed a friend or plundered my enemy without cause,

Exodus 21:13

But if it was simply an accident permitted by God, I will appoint a place of refuge where the slayer can run for safety.

Ezekiel 22:9

People accuse others falsely and send them to their death. You are filled with idol worshipers and people who do obscene things.

Leviticus 19:16

“Do not spread slanderous gossip among your people. “Do not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is threatened. I am the Lord.

1 Samuel 24:4

“Now’s your opportunity!” David’s men whispered to him. “Today the Lord is telling you, ‘I will certainly put your enemy into your power, to do with as you wish.’” So David crept forward and cut off a piece of the hem of Saul’s robe.

1 Samuel 24:9

Then he shouted to Saul, “Why do you listen to the people who say I am trying to harm you?