1 Samuel 17:28

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

Eliab's anger

With

1 Samuel 17:20

I know

1 Samuel 16:7

Psalm 35:11

Jude 1:10

General references

Matthew 10:36

Bible References

Eliab's anger

Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed David in the presence of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah.

His brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than all of his brothers; so they hated him and could not [find it within themselves to] speak to him on friendly terms.

A brother offended is harder to win over than a fortified city,
And contentions [separating families] are like the bars of a castle.

Wrath is cruel and anger is an overwhelming flood,
But who is able to endure and stand before [the sin of] jealousy?

I have seen that every [effort in] labor and every skill in work comes from man’s rivalry with his neighbor. This too is vanity (futility, false pride) and chasing after the wind.

and a man’s enemies will be the members of his [own] household [when one believes and another does not].

For Pilate knew that it was because of jealousy that the chief priests and elders had handed Jesus over to him.

When His own family heard this they went to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He is out of His mind.”

With

So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, picked up the provisions and went just as Jesse had directed him. And he came to the encampment as the army was going out in battle formation shouting the battle cry.

I know

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

Malicious witnesses rise up;
They ask me of things that I do not know.

But these men sneer at anything which they do not understand; and whatever they do know by [mere] instinct, like unreasoning and irrational beasts—by these things they are destroyed.

General references

and a man’s enemies will be the members of his [own] household [when one believes and another does not].