1 Samuel 24:10-12

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁰ And David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words who say, ‘Behold, David seeks evil against you’?

¹¹ “Behold, your eyes have just seen that the LORD had delivered you this day into my hand in the cave. And some asked me to kill you. But I had compassion on you, and said, ‘I will not lay my hand on my master. For he is the LORD’s anointed.’

¹² “Moreover, my father, behold. Behold, I say, the lap of your garment in my hand! For when I cut off the lap of your garment, I did not kill you. Understand and see that there is neither evil nor wickedness in me. Nor have I sinned against you. Yet you hunt after my soul to take it.