1Sa 24:11-12, Psa 69:4, 109:3, 119:161, Lam 3:52, Joh 15:25 | ESV | STEP | See , my father , see the corner of your robe in my hand . For by the fact that I cut off the corner of your robe and did not kill you, you may know and see that there is no wrong or treason in my hands . I have not sinned against you, though you hunt my life to take it.

1 Samuel 24:11-12

11 See, my father, see the corner of your robe in my hand. For by the fact that I cut off the corner of your robe and did not kill you, you may know and see that ^athere is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though ^byou hunt my life to take it. 12 ^cMay the Lord judge between me and you, may the Lord avenge me against you, but my hand shall not be against you.

Psalms 69:4

4 ^dMore in number than the hairs of my head
are ^ethose who hate me ^fwithout cause;
mighty are those who would destroy me,
^gthose who attack me with lies.
What I did not steal
must I now restore?

Psalms 109:3

3 They encircle me with words of hate,
and attack me ^hwithout cause.

Psalms 119:161

Sin and Shin

161 ⁱPrinces persecute me ^jwithout cause,
but my heart ^kstands in awe of your words.

Lamentations 3:52

52 ^l“I have been hunted ^mlike a bird
by those who were my enemies ⁿwithout cause;

John 15:25

25 But ^othe word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ^p‘They hated me without a cause.’