1 Samuel 26:18
He said, “Why does my lord pursue his servant? For what have I done? What evil is in my hand?
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Cross references
- 1 Samuel 24:9 David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you’?
- 1 Samuel 24:11–13 Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe and didn’t kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand. I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it. May Yahweh judge between me and you, and may Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand will not be on you. As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness;’ but my hand will not be on you.
- Psalm 7:3–5 Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands, if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, I have plundered him who without cause was my adversary), let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.