1 Samuel 20:7

20:7 If he should then say, ‘That’s fine,’ ¹  then your servant is safe. But if he becomes very angry, be assured that he has decided to harm me. ² 

1 Samuel 23:9

23:9 When David realized that Saul was planning to harm him, ³  he told Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod!”

1 Samuel 24:17

24:17 He said to David, “You are more innocent ⁴  than I, for you have treated me well, even though I have tried to harm you!

1 Samuel 25:17

25:17 Now be aware of this, and see what you can do. For disaster has been planned for our lord and his entire household. ⁵  He is such a wicked person ⁶  that no one tells him anything!”

[20:7]  ¹ tn Heb “good.”

[20:7]  ² tn Heb “know that the evil is completed from with him.”

[23:9]  ³ tn Heb “Saul was planning the evil against him.”

[24:17]  ⁵ tn Or “righteous” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “you are in the right”; NLT “are a better man than I am.”

[25:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “all his house” (so ASV, NRSV); NAB, NLT “his whole family.”

[25:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “he is a son of worthlessness.”