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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>1 Samuel 24:9 Catholic Bible: and said, "Why do you listen to people who say that I am trying to harm you? </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/1_samuel/24-9.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/1_samuel/24-9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/1_samuel/24-9.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/1_samuel/1.htm">1 Samuel</a> > <a href="/gntd/1_samuel/24.htm">Chapter 24</a> > Verse 9</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_samuel/24-8.htm" title="1 Samuel 24:8">◄</a> 1 Samuel 24:9 {10} <a href="../1_samuel/24-10.htm" title="1 Samuel 24:10">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/24.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/1_samuel/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and said, "Why do you listen to people who say that I am trying to harm you? <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of those who say, ‘David seeks to do you harm’?<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/1_samuel/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and said: Your Majesty, why do you listen to people who say that I'm trying to harm you? <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />and asked Saul: “Why do you listen to those who say, ‘David is trying to harm you’?<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/1_samuel/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And said to Saul: Why dost thou hear the words of men that say: David seeketh thy hurt?<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And said to Saul: Why dost thou hear the words of men that say: David seeketh thy hurt?</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_samuel/26-19.htm">1 Samuel 26:19</a> Now therefore hear, I pray thee, my lord the king, the words of thy servant: If the Lord stir thee up against me, let him accept of sacrifice: but if the sons of men, they are cursed in the sight of the Lord, who have cast me out this day, that I should not dwell in the inheritance of the Lord, saying: Go, serve strange gods.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../leviticus/19-16.htm">Leviticus 19:16</a> Thou shalt not be a detractor nor a whisperer among the people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour. I am the Lord.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/101-5.htm">Psalm 101:5</a> The man that in private detracted his neighbour, him did I persecute. With him that had a proud eye, and an unsatiable heart, I would not eat.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/141-6.htm">Psalm 141:6</a> Their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up. They shall hear my words, for they have prevailed:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/16-28.htm">Proverbs 16:28</a> A perverse man stirreth up quarrels: and one full of words separateth princes.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/17-4.htm">Proverbs 17:4</a> The evil man obeyeth an unjust tongue: and the deceitful hearkeneth to lying lips.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/18-8.htm">Proverbs 18:8</a> The words of the double tongued are as if they were harmless: and they reach even to the inner parts of the bowels. Fear casteth down the slothful: and the souls of the effeminate shall be hungry.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/25-23.htm">Proverbs 25:23</a> The north wind driveth away rain, as doth a sad countenance a backbiting tongue.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/26-20.htm">Proverbs 26:20-22,28</a> When the wood faileth, the fire shall go out: and when the talebearer is taken away, contentions shall cease. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/29-12.htm">Proverbs 29:12</a> A prince that gladly heareth lying words, hath all his servants wicked.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ecclesiastes/7-21.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:21,22</a> But do not apply thy heart to all words that are spoken: lest perhaps thou hear thy servant reviling thee. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../james/3-6.htm">James 3:6</a> And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/1_samuel/24.htm">David Spares Saul</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>And David also rose up after him: and going out of the cave, cried after Saul, saying: My lord the king. And Saul looked behind him: and David bowing himself down to the ground, worshipped, <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl">And said to Saul: Why dost thou hear the words of men that say: David seeketh thy hurt?</span><span class="reftext">10</span>Behold this day thy eyes have seen, that the Lord hath delivered thee into my hand, in the cave, and I had a thought to kill thee, but my eye hath spared thee. For I said: I will not put out my hand against my lord, because he is the Lord's anointed.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_samuel/20-1.htm">1 Samuel 20:1</a></span><br />But David fled from Najoth, which is in Ramatha, and came and said to Jonathan: What have I done? what is my iniquity, and what is my sin against thy father, that he seeketh my life?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_samuel/24-8.htm">1 Samuel 24:8</a></span><br />And David also rose up after him: and going out of the cave, cried after Saul, saying: My lord the king. And Saul looked behind him: and David bowing himself down to the ground, worshipped,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_samuel/24-10.htm">1 Samuel 24:10</a></span><br />Behold this day thy eyes have seen, that the Lord hath delivered thee into my hand, in the cave, and I had a thought to kill thee, but my eye hath spared thee. For I said: I will not put out my hand against my lord, because he is the Lord's anointed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_samuel/26-18.htm">1 Samuel 26:18</a></span><br />And he said: Wherefore doth my lord persecute his servant? What have I done? or what evil is there in my hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_samuel/26-19.htm">1 Samuel 26:19</a></span><br />Now therefore hear, I pray thee, my lord the king, the words of thy servant: If the Lord stir thee up against me, let him accept of sacrifice: but if the sons of men, they are cursed in the sight of the Lord, who have cast me out this day, that I should not dwell in the inheritance of the Lord, saying: Go, serve strange gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../jeremiah/37-18.htm">Jeremiah 37:18</a></span><br />Where are your prophets that prophesied to you, and said: The king of Babylon shall not come against you, and against this land?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump 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