1 Samuel 26:16

New Living Translation

This isn’t good at all! I swear by the Lord that you and your men deserve to die, because you failed to protect your master, the Lord’s anointed! Look around! Where are the king’s spear and the jug of water that were beside his head?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:5

David was furious. “As surely as the Lord lives,” he vowed, “any man who would do such a thing deserves to die!

2 Samuel 19:28

All my relatives and I could expect only death from you, my lord, but instead you have honored me by allowing me to eat at your own table! What more can I ask?”

1 Kings 2:26

Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your home in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but I will not kill you now, because you carried the Ark of the Sovereign Lord for David my father and you shared all his hardships.”

Psalm 102:20

to hear the groans of the prisoners, to release those condemned to die.

Psalm 79:11

Listen to the moaning of the prisoners. Demonstrate your great power by saving those condemned to die.

Ephesians 2:3

All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject to God’s anger, just like everyone else.

1 Samuel 20:31

As long as that son of Jesse is alive, you’ll never be king. Now go and get him so I can kill him!”

1 Samuel 24:6

He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do this to my lord the king. I shouldn’t attack the Lord’s anointed one, for the Lord himself has chosen him.”

1 Samuel 26:11

The Lord forbid that I should kill the one he has anointed! But take his spear and that jug of water beside his head, and then let’s get out of here!”

1 Samuel 26:15

“Well, Abner, you’re a great man, aren’t you?” David taunted. “Where in all Israel is there anyone as mighty? So why haven’t you guarded your master the king when someone came to kill him?

1 Samuel 26:9

“No!” David said. “Don’t kill him. For who can remain innocent after attacking the Lord’s anointed one?