1 Samuel 24:9
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.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
In Context
10And he said to Saul: “Why do you listen to the words of men who say: ‘David seeks evil against you?’
Cross References
Leviticus 19:16You shall not be a detractor, nor a whisperer, among the people. You shall not stand against the blood of your neighbor. I am the Lord.
1 Samuel 26:19Now therefore, listen, I beg you, my lord the king, to the words of your servant. If the Lord has stirred you up against me, let him make the sacrifice fragrant. But if the sons of men have done so, they are accursed in the sight of the Lord, who has cast me out this day, so that I would not live within the inheritance of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve strange gods.’
Psalms 141:6I cried out to you, O Lord. I said: You are my hope, my portion in the land of the living.
Proverbs 17:4The evil obey an unjust tongue. And the false are submissive to lying lips.
Proverbs 25:23The north wind brings forth the rain, and a sorrowful face brings forth a detracting tongue.
Proverbs 26:28A false tongue does not love truth. And a slippery mouth works ruin.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 24:2-9
David Spares Saul in the Cave. ( b. c. 1057.) 1 And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi. 2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. 3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave. 4 And the men of David said unto… Read the whole commentary →