1 Samuel 27:11

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

David left neither man nor woman alive to be brought back to Gath, thinking, “They might tell about us and say, ‘David has done so and so.’ ” Such was his practice all the time he lived in the country of the Philistines.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:19

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

Proverbs 29:25

The fear of others lays a snare, but one who trusts in the Lord is secure.

Jeremiah 41:4

On the day after the murder of Gedaliah, before anyone knew of it,

1 Samuel 22:22

David said to Abiathar, “I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I am responsible for the lives of all your father’s house.

1 Samuel 27:10

When Achish asked, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David would say, “Against the Negeb of Judah,” or “Against the Negeb of the Jerahmeelites,” or “Against the Negeb of the Kenites.”

1 Samuel 27:12

Achish trusted David, thinking, “He has made himself utterly abhorrent to his people Israel; therefore he shall always be my servant.”

1 Samuel 30:2

and taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great; they killed none of them but carried them off and went their way.