1 Samuel 24:6–12

^6*and he said to his men, “May the Lord keep me from doing any harm to my master, whom the Lord chose as king! I must not harm him in the least, because he is the king chosen by the Lord!” ⁷So David convinced his men that they should not attack Saul.

Saul got up, left the cave, and started on his way. ⁸Then David went out after him and called to him, “Your Majesty!” Saul turned round, and David bowed down to the ground in respect ⁹and said, “Why do you listen to people who say that I am trying to harm you? ¹⁰You can see for yourself that just now in the cave the Lord put you in my power. Some of my men told me to kill you, but I felt sorry for you and said that I would not harm you in the least, because you are the one whom the Lord chose to be king. ¹¹Look, my father, look at the piece of your robe I am holding! I could have killed you, but instead I only cut this off. This should convince you that I have no thought of rebelling against you or of harming you. You are hunting me down to kill me, even though I have not done you any wrong. ¹²May the Lord judge which one of us is wrong! May he punish you for your action against me, for I will not harm you in the least.