7So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
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But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me;(yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Here, I. Saul renews his pursuit of David, 1 Sam. 24:1 , 2 . No sooner had he come home safely from chasing the Philistines, in which it should seem he had good success, than he enquired after David to do him a mischief, and resolved to have another thrust at him, as if he had been delivered to do all these abominations , Jer. 7:10. By the frequent incursions of the Philistines, he might have seen…
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