1 Samuel 26:23
The Lord render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the Lord delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the Lord’s anointed.
Cross-reference
In 1 Samuel 26:9, David explains why he won't harm Saul—because no one can touch the LORD's anointed guiltlessly.
In 1 Samuel 26:11, David again refuses to harm Saul, showing his faithfulness to God's anointed.
In 1 Samuel 26:8, Abishai urges David to kill Saul — the temptation David rejects in this verse, showing his commitment to righteousness.
In 1 Samuel 24:6, David earlier refused to harm Saul for the same reason—he is the LORD's anointed.
In 1 Samuel 24:7, David restrains his men from attacking Saul, demonstrating his commitment to not harming God's anointed.
In 1 Samuel 24:12, David says 'my hand shall not be against you' — the identical refusal to harm Saul that he repeats here.
In 1 Samuel 24:18, Saul acknowledges David spared him when God gave him into his hand — confirming the righteousness David claims here.
In 1 Samuel 24:4, God also gives Saul into David's hand, but David spares him — the same scenario of restraint that leads to this declaration.
In 1 Samuel 25:31, Abigail warns David against taking vengeance, promising no grief — the same principle of trusting God's reward that David acts on here.
In 1 Kings 8:32, Solomon's prayer echoes this principle: God rewards the righteous according to their righteousness.
In Psalm 7:8, David asks to be judged according to his righteousness, directly paralleling his statement here.
In Psalm 7:9, David prays for God to establish the righteous, reinforcing the theme of divine reward for righteousness.
In Psalm 18:20-26, David expands on God rewarding him according to his righteousness, a direct thematic echo.
In 2 Samuel 22:21, David later sings that God rewarded him according to his righteousness — the same theology of divine reward expressed here.
Psalm 18:23 shows David's claim of blamelessness, reinforcing the principle that God rewards righteousness and faithfulness.
In Psalm 17:3, David asserts his innocence before God — the same self-testimony of righteousness that underlies his claim here.
In Nehemiah 13:14, Nehemiah asks God to remember his good deeds, similar to David's trust that God rewards righteousness.
Psalm 25:21 links integrity and uprightness with preservation, echoing the reward principle David expresses in 1 Sam 26:23.