KJV King James Version
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
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1 Samuel 24:13
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.
WEB World English Bible
As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness;’ but my hand shall not be on you.
ASV American Standard Version
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked cometh forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be upon thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
as saith the simile of the ancients, From the wicked goeth out wickedness, and my hand is not on thee.
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 24
10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and [some] bade [me] kill thee: but [mine eye] spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he [is] the LORD’S anointed.
11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that [there is] neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
15 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
16 And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, [Is] this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
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כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichיֹאמַ֗רH559 · a.marto sayמְשַׁל֙H4912 · ma.shalproverbהַקַּדְמֹנִ֔יH6931 · qad.mo.nieasternמֵרְשָׁעִ֖יםH7563 · ra.sahwickedיֵ֣צֵאH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeרֶ֑שַׁעH7562 · re.sahwickednessוְיָדִ֖יH3027 · yadhandלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotתִֽהְיֶה־H1961 · ha.yahto beבָּֽךְ׃H9031 · kayou
Cross-references
Matthew 7:20Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.Matthew 7:16-18Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?Matthew 12:33-34Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by [his] fruit.Matthew 15:19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
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