1 Samuel 24:9

World Messianic Bible British Edition

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you’?

Cross References

Psalm 101:5

I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbour. I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.

Psalm 141:6

Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

Proverbs 17:4

An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

Proverbs 25:23

The north wind produces rain; so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked.

Jeremiah 37:18

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

Leviticus 19:16

“‘You shall not go around as a slanderer amongst your people. “‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbour. I am the LORD.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity amongst our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehinnom.

1 Samuel 20:1

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

1 Samuel 20:41

As soon as the boy was gone, David arose out of the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times. They kissed one another and wept with one another, and David wept the most.

1 Samuel 24:10

Behold, today your eyes have seen how the LORD had delivered you today into my hand in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you. I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD’s anointed.’

1 Samuel 24:8

David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave and cried after Saul, saying, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and showed respect.

1 Samuel 26:18

He said, “Why does my lord pursue his servant? For what have I done? What evil is in my hand?

1 Samuel 26:19

Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so that the LORD has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, they are cursed before the LORD; for they have driven me out today that I shouldn’t cling to the LORD’s inheritance, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods!’