“David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you’?”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Samuel 24 contains 22 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.