1 Samuel 24:13
as the allegory of the ancients says, Wickedness goes out from the wicked, and my hand is not on you.
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12YHWH judges between me and you, and YHWH has avenged me of you, and my hand is not on you;
Cross References
Judges 11:27And I have not sinned against you, and you are doing evil with me—to fight against me. YHWH, the Judge, judges between the sons of Israel and the sons of Ammon today.”
Matthew 7:16From their fruits you will know them; do [men] gather grapes from thorns? Or figs from thistles?
Matthew 12:33Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad, for from the fruit is the tree known.
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 →