1 Samuel 24:9

The English Standar Version

And David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to the words of men who say, 'Behold, David seeks your harm'?

Cross References

Psalm 101:5

Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.

Psalm 141:6

When their judges are thrown over the cliff,[1] then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.

Proverbs 16:28

A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

Proverbs 17:4

An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

Proverbs 25:23

The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler listens to falsehood, all his officials will be wicked.

Jeremiah 37:18

Jeremiah also said to King Zedekiah, "What wrong have I done to you or your servants or this people, that you have put me in prison?

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life[1] of your neighbor: I am the LORD.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life,[1] and set on fire by hell.[2]

1 Samuel 20:1

Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah and came and said before Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my guilt? And what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?"

1 Samuel 20:41

And as soon as the boy had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap[6] and fell on his face to the ground and bowed three times. And they kissed one another and wept with one another, David weeping the most.

1 Samuel 24:10

Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the LORD gave you today into my hand in the cave. And some told me to kill you, but I spared you.[3] I said, 'I will not put out my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD's anointed.'

1 Samuel 24:8

Afterward David also arose and went out of the cave, and called after Saul, "My lord the king!" And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth and paid homage.

1 Samuel 26:18

And he said, "Why does my lord pursue after his servant? For what have I done? What evil is on my hands?

1 Samuel 26:19

Now therefore let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is the LORD who has stirred you up against me, may he accept an offering, but if it is men, may they be cursed before the LORD, for they have driven me out this day that I should have no share in the heritage of the LORD, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.'