I Samuel 18: 8-9
Then Saul became very angry, for this saying displeased him; and he said, "They have ascribed to David ten thousands but to me they have ascribed [only] thousands. Now what more can he have but the kingdom?
And Saul looked at David with suspicion from that day on.
David had just killed Goliath, and the women came out dancing and singing, and Saul didn't like their song. It was just a song, and David wasn't even an experienced warrior yet, but Saul let that song "get" to him, and viewed David as a threat from then on.
O Father, may I never let a little gossip stain my view of anyone! David didn't earn or deserve that song, and whatever I may hear may not be true, either. May my ears be closed to whatever tales would distort the Truth about anyone I may or will know. May I always seek the truth of the reality of those who surround me in this World, and see them through Your eyes of Grace.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
