1 Samuel 24:9 - Revised Standard Version

⁹ And David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Behold, David seeks your hurt’?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ And David said to Saul, Why do you listen to the words of men who say, David seeks to do you harm?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearkenest thou to men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

Common English Bible

⁹ David said to Saul, “Why do you listen when people say, ‘David wants to ruin you’?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Then David also rose up after him. And departing from the cave, he cried out behind the back of Saul, saying: "My lord, the king!" And Saul looked behind him. And David, bowing himself face down to the ground, reverenced.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ And David also rose up after him: and going out of the cave cried after Saul, saying: My lord the king. And Saul looked behind him: and David, bowing himself down to the ground, worshipped,

1 Samuel 24:9 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 101:5

Him who slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. The man of haughty looks and arrogant heart I will not endure.

Psalm 141:6

When they are given over to those who shall condemn them, then they shall learn that the word of the Lord is true.

Proverbs 16:28

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

Proverbs 17:4

An evildoer listens to wicked lips; and a liar gives heed 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 up and down as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand forth against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is an unrighteous world among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the cycle of nature, and set on fire by hell.

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 lad had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed three times; and they kissed one another, and wept with one another, until David recovered himself.

1 Samuel 24:10

Lo, this day your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you today into my hand in the cave; and some bade me kill you, but I spared you. I said, ‘I will not put forth 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 did obeisance.

1 Samuel 26:18

And he said, “Why does my lord pursue after his servant? For what have I done? What guilt 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.’