1 Samuel 24:13
As the old saying goes, ‘From the wicked comes wickedness,’ but I myself will never try to harm you.
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14Who is the king of Israel coming after? Who are you chasing? A dead dog! Just a flea!
Cross References
Judges 11:27I have not sinned against you, but you have done me wrong by going to war against me. Let the Lord, the Judge, decide today between the Israelites and the Ammonites.”
Matthew 7:16You can recognize them by their fruits. Do people harvest grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?
Matthew 12:33Either decide that the tree is good, and its fruit is good, or decide that the tree is bad and its fruit is bad—for the tree is known by its fruit.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 24:10-16
David Expostulates with Saul. ( b. c. 1057.) 9 And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the Lord 's anointed. 11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy… Read the whole commentary →