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- 1 Samuel 24:10
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Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’
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Source alternate reference: 24.11
- 1 Samuel 24:13
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As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.
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Source alternate reference: 24.14
- 1 Samuel 24:18
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And you have declared this day how you have treated me well, for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.
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Source alternate reference: 24.19
- 1 Samuel 24:19
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When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.
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Source alternate reference: 24.20
- 1 Samuel 25:6
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and say to him, ‘Long life to you, and peace to you and to your house and to all that belongs to you.
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- 1 Samuel 25:7
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Now I hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.
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- 1 Samuel 25:8
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Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can spare to your servants and to your son David.’”
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- 1 Samuel 25:11
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Why should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”
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- 1 Samuel 25:21
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Now David had just said, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.
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- 1 Samuel 25:22
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May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one male belonging to Nabal survive until morning.”
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- 1 Samuel 25:25
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My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
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- 1 Samuel 25:26
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Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has held you back from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, may your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.
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- 1 Samuel 25:27
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Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.
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- 1 Samuel 25:30
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When the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed you ruler over Israel,
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- 1 Samuel 25:32
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Then David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day!
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- 1 Samuel 25:33
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Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.
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- 1 Samuel 25:34
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Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
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- 1 Samuel 25:35
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Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and he said to her, “Go home in peace. See, I have heeded your voice and granted your request.”
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- 1 Samuel 25:39
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On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
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- 1 Samuel 25:44
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But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
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- 1 Samuel 26:3
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Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,
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- 1 Samuel 26:5
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Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.
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- 1 Samuel 26:11
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But the LORD forbid that I should extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and water jug by his head, and let us go.”
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- 1 Samuel 26:16
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This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”
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- 1 Samuel 26:20
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So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
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- 1 Samuel 26:21
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Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”
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- 1 Samuel 26:23
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May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed.
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- 1 Samuel 26:24
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As surely as I valued your life today, so may the LORD value my life and rescue me from all trouble.”
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- 1 Samuel 27:2
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So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
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- 1 Samuel 27:7
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And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.
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- 1 Samuel 27:8
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Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
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- 1 Samuel 27:11
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David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
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- 1 Samuel 28:2
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David replied, “Then you will come to know what your servant can do.” “Very well,” said Achish. “I will make you my bodyguard for life.”
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- 1 Samuel 28:8
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So Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I name.”
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- 1 Samuel 28:9
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But the woman replied, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has killed the mediums and spiritists in the land. Why have you set a trap to get me killed?”
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- 1 Samuel 28:17
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He has done exactly what He spoke through me: The LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor David.
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- 1 Samuel 28:18
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Because you did not obey the LORD or carry out His burning anger against Amalek, the LORD has done this to you today.
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- 1 Samuel 28:21
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When the woman came to Saul and saw how distraught he was, she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice. I took my life in my hands and did as you told me.
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- 1 Samuel 29:1
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Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.
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- 1 Samuel 29:3
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Then the commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish replied, “Is this not David, the servant of King Saul of Israel? He has been with me all these days, even years, and from the day he defected until today I have found no fault in him.”
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- 1 Samuel 29:4
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But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?
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- 1 Samuel 29:5
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Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
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- 1 Samuel 29:8
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“But what have I done?” David replied. “What have you found against your servant, from the day I came to you until today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”
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- 1 Samuel 29:10
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Now then, get up early in the morning, along with your master’s servants who came with you, and go as soon as it is light.”
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- 1 Samuel 30:2
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They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way.
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- 1 Samuel 30:4
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So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.
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- 1 Samuel 30:9
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So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind
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- 1 Samuel 30:10
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because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.
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- 1 Samuel 30:14
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We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”
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- 1 Samuel 30:16
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So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
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