1 Samuel 24:9-11

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁹ David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of those who say, ‘David seeks to do you harm’? ¹⁰ This very day your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you into my hand in the cave; and some urged me to kill you, but I spared^[a] you. I said, ‘I will not raise my hand against my lord; for he is the Lord’s anointed.’ ¹¹ See, my father, see the corner of your cloak in my hand; for by the fact that I cut off the corner of your cloak, and did not kill you, you may know for certain that there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you are hunting me to take my life.