1 Samuel 12:4
Good News Translation
The people answered, "No, you have not cheated us or oppressed us; you have not taken anything from anyone."

New Revised Standard Version
They said, “You have not defrauded us or oppressed us or taken anything from the hand of anyone.”

Contemporary English Version
"No," the Israelites answered. "You've never cheated us in any way!"

New American Bible
They replied, “You have neither cheated us, nor oppressed us, nor accepted anything from anyone.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they said: Thou hast not wronged us, nor oppressed us, nor taken ought at any man's hand.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they said: Thou hast not wronged us, nor oppressed us, nor taken ought at any man's hand.

Psalm 37:5,6 Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in him, and he will do it. . . .

Daniel 6:4 And the king thought to set him over all the kingdom; whereupon the princes, and the governors, sought to find occasion against Daniel, with regard to the king: and they could find no cause, nor suspicion, because he was faithful, and no fault, nor suspicion was found in him.

3 John 1:12 To Demetrius, testimony is given by all, and by the truth itself: yea and we also give testimony. And thou knowest that our testimony is true.

Context
Samuel's Farewell Address
3Speak of me before the Lord, and before his anointed, whether I have taken any man's ox, or ass: if I have wronged any man, if I have oppressed any man, if I have taken a bribe at any man's hand: and I will despise it this day, and will restore it to you. 4And they said: Thou hast not wronged us, nor oppressed us, nor taken ought at any man's hand.5And he said to them: The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found any thing in my hand. And they said: He is witness.…
Cross References
Hebrews 11:33
Who by faith conquered kingdoms, wrought justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

1 Samuel 12:3
Speak of me before the Lord, and before his anointed, whether I have taken any man's ox, or ass: if I have wronged any man, if I have oppressed any man, if I have taken a bribe at any man's hand: and I will despise it this day, and will restore it to you.

1 Samuel 12:5
And he said to them: The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found any thing in my hand. And they said: He is witness.

1 Samuel 12:3
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