1 Samuel 19:4-5

4And Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, “Let not the king asin against his servant David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his deeds have brought good to you. 5For bhe took his life in his hand cand he struck down the Philistine, dand the Lord worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against einnocent blood by killing David without cause?”

1 Samuel 26:18

18And he said, fWhy does my lord pursue after his servant? For what have I done? What evil is on my hands?

2 Samuel 15:12

12And while Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for
Or sent
hAhithophel the Gilonite, iDavid’s counselor, from his city jGiloh. And the conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Absalom kkept increasing.

Psalms 35:7

7 For lwithout cause mthey hid their net for me;
without cause they dug na pit for my life.
The word  pit is transposed from the preceding line; Hebrew  For without cause they hid the pit of their net for me; without cause they dug for my life

Psalms 35:20

20For they do not speak peace,
but against those who are quiet in the land
they devise words of deceit.

Psalms 59:3-4

3 For behold, they plie in wait for my life;
fierce men qstir up strife against me.
rFor no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,
4for no fault of mine, they run and make ready.
sAwake, come to meet me, and see!

Psalms 69:4

4 tMore in number than the hairs of my head
are uthose who hate me vwithout cause;
mighty are those who would destroy me,
wthose who attack me with lies.
What I did not steal
must I now restore?

John 15:24-25

24 xIf I had not done among them the works that no one else did, ythey would not be guilty of sin, but now they have zseen and hated both me and my Father. 25But aathe word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: abThey hated me without a cause.’

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