1 Samuel 27:11
Neither man nor woman doth David keep alive, to bring in word to Gath, saying, 'Lest they declare it against us, saying, Thus hath David done, and thus is his custom all the days that he hath dwelt in the fields of the Philistines.'
1 Samuel 22:22
And David saith to Abiathar, 'I have known on that day when Doeg the Edomite is there, that he doth certainly declare it to Saul; I have brought it round to every person of the house of thy father;
Proverbs 12:19
The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment -- a tongue of falsehood.
Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man causeth a snare, And the confident in Jehovah is set on high.
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And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
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1 Samuel 22:22
And David saith to Abiathar, 'I have known on that day when Doeg the Edomite is there, that he doth certainly declare it to Saul; I have brought it round to every person of the house of thy father;
Proverbs 12:19
The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment -- a tongue of falsehood.
Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man causeth a snare, And the confident in Jehovah is set on high.