1 Samuel 24:13

as saith the simile of the ancients, From the wicked goeth out wickedness, and my hand is not on thee.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

In Context

12'Jehovah doth judge between me and thee, and Jehovah hath avenged me of thee, and my hand is not on thee;

14'After whom hath the king of Israel come out? after whom art thou pursuing? — after a dead dog! after one flea!

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Cross References

Judges 11:27And I — I have not sinned against thee, and thou art doing with me evil — to fight against me. Jehovah, the Judge, doth judge to-day between the sons of Israel and the sons of Ammon.'

Matthew 7:16From their fruits ye shall know them; do [men] gather from thorns grapes? or from thistles figs?

Matthew 12:33'Either 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 →

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