1 Samuel 24:9 Cross References - ISV

⁹ Then David told Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of those who say, ‘Look, David is trying to harm you?’

¹⁶ Social Responsibility“You are not to go around slandering your people.
“You are not to stand idle when your neighbor’s life is at stake. I am the LORD.

¹⁹ Now let your majesty listen to the words of his servant. If the LORD incited you against me, then may he accept an offering. But if it is people, may they be cursed in the LORD’s presence, because they have driven me out today from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD by saying, ‘Go serve other gods.’

⁵ I will destroy the one who secretly slanders a friend. I will not allow the proud and haughty to prevail.

⁶ When their judges are thrown off the cliff, the people will hear my words, for they are appropriate.

²⁸ A deceitful man stirs dissension, and anyone who gossips separates friends.

⁴ Whoever practices evil pays attention to wicked speech, and the liar listens to malicious talk.

⁸ The words of a gossip are like choice morsels as they descend to the innermost parts of the body.

²³ The north wind brings rain, and a backbiting tongue an angry look.

²⁰ On Gossip and BackbitingWithout wood, the fire goes out. Without a gossip, contention stops. ²¹ Charcoal is to hot coals as wood is to fire; so also a quarrelsome man fuels strife. ²² The words of a gossip are like delicate morsels; they sink down deep within.

²⁸ A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

¹² When a ruler is listening to lies, all of his officials tend to become wicked.

²¹ Don’t listen to everything that is spoken— you may hear your servant cursing you, ²² since you also know how often you have cursed others.

⁶ The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. Placed among the parts of our bodies, the tongue contaminates the whole body and sets on fire the course of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.