Verse 9

And David saith to Saul, `Why dost thou hear the words of man, saying, Lo, David is seeking thine evil?

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 19:16 : 16 `Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I `am' Jehovah.
  • 1 Sam 26:19 : 19 And, now, let, I pray thee, my lord the king hear the words of his servant: if Jehovah hath moved thee against me, let Him accept a present; and if the sons of men -- cursed `are' they before Jehovah, for they have cast me out to-day from being admitted into the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods.
  • Ps 101:5 : 5 Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.
  • Ps 141:6 : 6 Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.
  • Prov 16:28 : 28 A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.
  • Prov 17:4 : 4 An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.
  • Prov 18:8 : 8 The words of a tale-bearer `are' as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down `to' the inner parts of the heart.
  • Prov 25:23 : 23 A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue -- indignant faces.
  • Prov 26:20-22 : 20 Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth, 21 Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife. 22 The words of a tale-bearer `are' as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down `to' the inner parts of the heart.
  • Prov 26:28 : 28 A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!
  • Prov 29:12 : 12 A ruler who is attending to lying words, All his ministers `are' wicked.
  • Eccl 7:21-22 : 21 Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee. 22 For many times also hath thy heart known that thou thyself also hast reviled others.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 and the tongue `is' a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.