Quotes About Betrayal

When he reached his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.

So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.

And during the night, the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house. They intended to kill me, but they abused my concubine, and she died.

Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israelís inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.

The ark of God was captured, and Eliís two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

Saul said to the troops who were with him, “Call the roll and see who has left us.” And when they had called the roll, they saw that Jonathan and his armor-bearer were not there.

And Saul declared, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if you, Jonathan, do not surely die!”

As Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the hem of his robe, and it tore.

And from that day forward Saul kept a jealous eye on David.

and he hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.

So when it was time to give Saulís daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.

“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”

Saul replied, “Say to David, ëThe king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.í” But Saul intended to cause Davidís death at the hands of the Philistines.

he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was Davidís enemy.

Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,

Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.

He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”

Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But the spear struck the wall and David eluded him, ran away, and escaped that night.

Then Saul sent messengers to Davidís house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But Davidís wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”

So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.

Then Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.

When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”

But Saul sent the messengers back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so I can kill him.”

And when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the quilt of goatsí hair on its head.