1 Samuel 17:36

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

This

1 Samuel 17:26

Ezekiel 32:19

Romans 2:28

Seeing

Bible References

This

And David said to the men near him, What will be done to the man who overcomes this Philistine and takes away the shame from Israel? for who is this Philistine, a man without circumcision, that he has put shame on the armies of the living God?

Are you more beautiful than any? go down, and take your rest among those without circumcision,

The true Jew is not one who is only so publicly, and circumcision is not that which may be seen in the flesh:

Seeing

And the Philistine said, I have put to shame the armies of Israel this day; give me a man so that we may have a fight together.

Will the axe say high-sounding words against him who is using it, or the blade be full of pride against him who is cutting with it? As if a rod had the power of shaking him who is using it, or as if a stick might take up him who is not wood.

And now, take a chance with my master, the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able to put horsemen on them.

This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.

For this is what the Lord of armies has said: In the way of glory he has sent me to the nations which have taken your goods: for anyone touching you is touching what is most dear to him.

And it will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a stone of great weight for all the peoples; all those who take it up will be badly wounded; and all the nations of the earth will come together against it.

And now I say to you, Do nothing to these men, but let them be: for if this teaching or this work is of men, it will come to nothing:

And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

Now, about that time, Herod the king made cruel attacks on the Christians.