1 Samuel 24:12
May the Lord judge between me and you, and may the Lord avenge me of you; but my hand shall not be on you.
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Genesis 16:5Sarai said to Abram, "This wrong is your fault. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. The Lord judge between me and you."
Judges 11:27I therefore have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong by making war against me. The Lord, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon."
1 Samuel 26:10David said, "As the Lord lives, the Lord will strike him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.
1 Chronicles 12:18Then the Spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, and he said, "We are yours, David, and on your side, you son of Jesse: peace, peace be to you, and peace be to your helpers; for your God helps you." Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
Psalms 7:8The Lord administers judgment to the peoples.Judge me, Lord, according to my righteousness,and to my integrity that is in me.
Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation.Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.
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 →