1 Samuel 24:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And you have shown this day how well you have dealt with me; for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.”
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“And you have shown this day how well you have dealt with me; for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the Lord had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And thou hast declared this day how that thou hast dealt well with me, forasmuch as when Jehovah had delivered me up into thy hand, thou killedst me not.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and thou hast declared to-day how that thou hast done good with me, how that Jehovah shut me up into thy hand, and thou didst not slay me,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 24:18 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 38:26Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.
- 1 Samuel 23:7When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”
- 1 Samuel 23:12So David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” “They will,” said the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 24:10Behold, 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.’
- 1 Samuel 26:8Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”
- 1 Samuel 26:23May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed.
- Psalms 7:5then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah
- Psalms 31:8You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
- Proverbs 25:22For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
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